Joaquin eventually carried his tamales home, then stowed them in the very back of the freezer, where he knew Mark and Linda would never see them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Right now I want to know about this big city. You two never write me any dirt. Aunty, I’m depending on you to give me a year’s news in fifteen minutes.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Rats never stopped eating our palms and feet, and we often were unable to walk or handle anything for days because both areas were like open wounds. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her violent death had left a hole in our family that would never be repaired. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Like most people who lived in the canyon, I had driven past plenty of times but never actually visited the site of the disaster. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had some idea that I had studied instrument building and was in fact able to do all sorts of complex, technical work, though I had never told him any such thing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It looked as though it could never survive a stiff wind, let alone a flood. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She had gone to the police station to get a statement, which she would take to her visa interview at the American embassy to prove that she had never been convicted of a crime. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully he is destroyed for now, but monsters never truly die. They re-form over and over again, and they must be hunted whenever they reappear.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Percy had never been very good at that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They made me feel and see and think in a way I had never before done. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned about love, how there's never too much. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not right in the head. He’s never been right. You don’t need a boy like that playing you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It never bothered me before tonight, because I guess I’m used to it and I’ve never expected it be any other way. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In any event, Lawrence put his name to the statement on June 16, and thereafter never admitted publicly to any misgivings about the result. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“IVe been trying to find a good time to talk to you, but you were never alone.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But they never discovered or disturbed the mound where the old man lay buried. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d never be part of the gifted and talented kids. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted fruits I never knew existed, like mango and papaya. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She never talked to him or his friends, but was never unkind to them either. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I never met a hiker with a good word to say about the trail in Pennsylvania. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

With her mother there, though, she would never dare such a thing, and neither, she suspected, would Trip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You have never said these things to me in these words, Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll never be able to sneak up on them,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I mean, I have never seen such beautiful paintings and magnificent sculptures. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The few articles I had read dealing with writers spoke about how they had conceived their ideas, or what they were currently writing, never about money. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You never hear people bragging that their dining-room set is solid grapefruit, do you?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run away, to hide, to run and never come back, never see anyone again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never spoke to Gram as far as I could tell, but this morning she’s in the back pew, next to a family with two little kids I don’t recognize. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We should have grabbed a bottle of wine from inside; they never would have noticed. That would warm you right up.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That was a lot more recent than the Holocaust, and already half the people in Chokecherry claim it never happened. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But what kind of service did you expect if you've never ridden in a cab before?” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I know it don’t look like much. Claim shacks never do. After you get proved up, you can work on a proper house.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Milo had never imagined a machine so beautiful as a stock ticker before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If I had not read Jonathan’s journal first, I should never have accepted even a possibility. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Imagine, he told her, a Klan meeting hall somewhere within walking distance of the gas station and he had never known it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we could talk, I would remind her that I never asked to be captain, and that my goals as captain are probably different from most people’s. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"I don't want to at all. And Corin—I am most dreadfully sorry. I never dreamed my turning up was going to chisel you out of your kingdom." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He never complained about the difficulty of taking care of his little sister; rather, Angels hugs and smiles kept him going. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper middle class had never been so happy: they could buy as much whisky as they wanted, and automobiles on credit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s never going to sit still for a picture,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the sight of it I realize I never got a full explanation of the bird on the cracker and what it signifies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They say three were here, and I never saw a hair of them.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, all those years and I had never read a Marshall paper. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is made of a pale metal that I saw often in Erudite headquarters but have never seen anywhere else. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she said, “I never caught with one of these before.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

With two lechuzas at their backs, they busted out of the barn as if their heels were on fire, never once looking back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My mom never told me what it means to be a Hurricane Child. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I think not. A wight never would’ve let you take him alive.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She liked to believe that he had never loved her in the first place. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What gives you such access to my deepest thoughts and feelings? I never told you I wanted to leave Forrestville.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I mean, besides that story he told me about him shooting Darnell Shackleford, I had never even known my father to show any sign of fear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now, perhaps, you can understand why I’ve never told this story before. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’d never felt so full, or lingered at a table so long, or talked so much or been so comfortable with someone he’d only just met. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I can never quite explain it to people. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“And you are almost never right about anything,” he said, pointing at the Humbug, “and, when you are, it’s usually an accident.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

We grabbed our bikes from the woods, and I never pedaled so fast in my life. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It's just... I never had a half-brother before.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never noticed how brown and warm her eyes were before, like hot chocolate. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was never allowed to tell a single person, or else we all might end up dead. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saved me with clothes she loaned me and never took back. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"You’re completely cracked. Listen to me, and listen to me good. All right? You never fight back. Ever. You do what the officers tell you, and you don’t argue with them." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Once we got to Sing Sing, however, these distinctions were never made again, at least by officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, the stories promised the cells would change the face of medicine, but they never did. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I will never forget that picture as long as I live. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In short, such a scene of misery, distress, and cruelty, my eyes never beheld; for which the authors, one may reasonably conclude, never can make atonement in this world. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Santos has never shown up at the hospital. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She had never whispered to him so intimately before. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I never expected this. We were doing so good, ey? You and me.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why I never went to visit her. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But the strange trees were never seen in Deeping-coomb again; they had returned at night, and had gone far away to the dark dales of Fangorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The children of mighty men of Rome were never made to pay for their mistakes, for their follies. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But her feet in her sneakers were silent, and Hazel moved through the hallways without making a mark, as if she was never there at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rocky called and sent flowers but I never called him back. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the truth: After that, I never once wanted to go back to that aquarium, not even when fourth grade went there on a field trip. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her brother, sprawled out on his pillows beside her, never noticed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I will never understand, as long as I live, how a country could change overnight from only a line drawn. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Shay, I never meant for that to happen.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people broke too hard and you could never put them back together the same way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This rumor often results in debates on methods of keeping hot food hot and cold food cold, which never come to any satisfying conclusions and tend to make the debaters rather hungry. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You told me I could never go in there.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Germans were shocked, never imagining that British bombs could reach them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. So I never considered I was married, and didn’t think I had to get a divorce.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when it’s gone, it’s like it was never there at all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! I remember this. Your father and I bought our very first car. A Pontiac Tempest, Teal Turquoise. I never did learn how to drive it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And this certainty inspires him to say something he would never have said otherwise, something he would never even have thought. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Polly was very surprised because up till now there had never been any children in that house, but only Mr. Ketterley and Miss Ketterley, a brother and sister, old bachelor and old maid, living together. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then, pointing to her luscious red hair, which was in a high, bouncy ponytail, the kind I could never pull off, she said, “Do you think all this magic happens without some serious tools?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Right here in Manifest! Why, I’ve never heard anything so exciting.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It is better not to cry because you have to stick with the boys in the school and you never want to give the masters any satisfaction. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe so. But you’ve never had to race with him and stay after school till he crossed the finish line!” said Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But it never fills the void I have felt for so long.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her gallant prince would never hurt her father, no matter what he might have done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My parents never would have tried to dissuade them. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard of the effect of moon sand, but never would I have imagined it to be such!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her father’s second marriage had only made her life miserable, and she had never respected Ana’s single-minded quest for a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I never thought of it in just that way, Brother," I said, dangling the iron between my finger and thumb. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never cared about Locke. He was just another thing to take from Cardan.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hear others chew but have never seen anyone actually eating. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

So they danced up in the Bottom on the second Saturday in June, danced at the wedding where everybody realized for the first time that except for their magnificent teeth, the deweys would never grow. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That’s something we should never forget; while others display their heroism in battle or against the Germans, our helpers prove theirs every day by their good spirits and affection. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In order to be named an Olympian you had to compete, and she never got that chance. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There are hundreds of workers here—I never do find out how many—and sooner or later I’ll meet them all. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never asks about the hotel at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess Buddy never read much history, because his mouth stiffened. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I never heard of that law,” she said dubiously. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She realized that she had never known a Joaquin before, that she had never said the name before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Perry was a likable kid, well liked around the neighborhood—he never done one thing out of the way to my knowledge.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact I’ve never seen so many fans at a kids’ soccer game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told Missis often my opinion about the child, and Missis agreed with me. She’s an underhand little thing: I never saw a girl of her age with so much cover.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cooks, in many cases, had never cooked before. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So many bad things happen in that book, and she never found out that it all ends reasonably well—after all, I never finished reading her the whole story. That’s what she wouldn’t like.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Boardman said, “You proud, foolish man! I never want to hear another word about it!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I warn you, I may cry again later. Possibly on the street! You never know these days. I’m liable to begin sobbing at any given moment.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But I had things for other classmates in my old school. They never went anywhere, but I tried. Did you ever get close to someone?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She considered herself a heel for ever having been sarcastic to her aunt, who in spite of her corsets had a certain defenselessness plus a certain fineness Jean Louise would never have. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“If what you’re reading is really good, you never want it to end, right?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The patty melt has been pushed aside in favor of the herb-encrusted medallions of baby artichoke hearts, which never leave me thinking, Oh, right, those! Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked at her in surprise—she’d probably never spoken to a sixth-grade boy before in her life, but now she looked as if she meant to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Finding the school wasn’t difficult, though I’d never been there before. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She has never approved of her uncle’s gambling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And everybody knew that Marshall never said no unless he meant it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made sense, in all the moving picture shows I’d seen and all the books I’d read about vampires I never could think of seeing one that could drive a car. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then Father said, “Christopher, I would never, ever do anything to hurt you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This remark always rubs him the wrong way, but Mrs. van D.’s not one to quit: “Oh, there’s never going to be an invasion!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Half the girls in school want to be like her, and the other half hate her because they know they’ll never come close. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jason had never really considered how important Leo’s sense of humor was to the group. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Here we are, at the thing I never say. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t never worked for this lady, but I had done gardening for her neighbors. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, is he? Well, that won’t last long, I fancy. March never had any stamina,” was the cheerful reply. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s father never cursed, so when every bad word in the book flew out of his mouth, panic rose in Ivy’s throat. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve never even sat at the same table with a Negro who wasn’t paid to do so. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Just how she knew them she had never told him, but of course he knew. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But you can never invest too much in making sure this stuff works.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, as a kid, I never fit into the costumes and was always left with whatever we could scour from my mom’s and Lucy’s closets. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I never feel like I get to say what I want to say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“People get sucked in and are never seen again.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The most” She petted my head for a while, and her fingers went behind my ear to that place that’s almost never touched. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A whistle Pia never listened to because skating meant freedom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I would never be safe, because I know, and he won’t be able to trust me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his opinion, he said, a white man who has never even killed a bushbuck for his family was not the expert on which god can protect our village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I start bawling, because she never really was mine, was she? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to patch up this wound immediately so she could clean the studio before her blood dried completely into the floors—she’d never be able to hide it from Bitter then. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Yet he never lost the conviction that his role in the machine’s development had been overlooked. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I never stop long enough to eat the bread. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And maybe it’s all those people who are spending their whole lives up on dry land—never once going into the water to see what it feels like—who are missing out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The notches in the doorway couldn’t keep the green boat from appearing, full of some drippy little boy she’d never even know but hated already. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If he never told Momma how he felt, she could move on like it didn’t matter, like he didn’t matter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When asked why he doesn’t believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he’s a Gemini, and Geminis never believe in astrology. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never happens that a new constellation suddenly rises out of the east. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been this close to her house before. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung answered unwillingly and timidly, for he had never spoken her name aloud before to anyone, “It is the woman called Lotus.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Colin had never understood this before, but now thousands of strings were fluttering over and around and past him, and they were both tiny broken beams of light and endless, undulating waves. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I never talked about St. Louis to her, and had generally come to believe that the nightmare with its attendant guilt and fear hadn’t really happened to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just didn’t know. It never dawned on me that music was like this. I think I was eleven or twelve, and that was that. Music opened the door.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I never have any fever. My legs are full of old iron too.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I explained that we all owed Walter something because he had been threatened and terrorized, wrongly accused and wrongly condemned, but he never gave up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He never looked in the man’s direction but said, “What you want, boy?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

You never knew what was true until days or weeks or even months afterwards. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been really funny but never snarky when judging food or restaurants. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You did something you said you’d never do, Mister Price Tag.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He let me be alone with it, although I never asked him for privacy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Guys never talk to me, unless you count the creeps on the street who whistle and say gross things about my body. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Macy and the two other students onstage held scripts, and Macy spoke in a voice I would never have recognized, sure and strong. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen so many fish—from all over the world, it seems. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

‘Because it was right after you gave us that ticket. Salim went up the London Eye. But he never came down again.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never let one in our house, much less cook it for a celebration. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I never got used to eating with my fork and spoon.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

This combination made them interesting to know, but you could never predict what they would do or say. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There are air-raid sirens, and then we pull the curtains and turn off the lights, though our mother says the war will never come here. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never felt like she belonged anywhere, except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The rain battered the car, and the wipers danced back and forth, never really clearing the windshield. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are driving through the place that she could not drive through, passing onto asphalt she never saw, and we are not dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I got to my building, where I lived with my moms, walked in through the broken door and took the steps, because our elevator was jacked up too—the city didn’t never fix nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, he explained, the devil came right up into his head, at the weirdest times, made him do things he’d never think of on his own. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She never exactly said, but I knew why the beach was special to her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Baba sensed my lack of genuine interest and resigned himself to the bleak fact that his son was never going to either play or watch soccer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Men so angry they would never regret the decision, never return or remarry their old spouse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

You never saw a city guardsman down in the Lazy Eel, or a customs officer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It made me happy in a way I could never explain. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A mockingjay is a creature the Capitol never intended to exist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the curb, and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I gesture for him to come over, but he shakes his head and stares down at the floor, never looking up at me again. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the bake sale he had never seen so many pies at once, more pies on the endless table than soldiers buried in his backyard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Would she never sit at a table like that? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had never heard Hermione speak to a teacher like that before. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She never knew if she’d be in a place long enough to make it worth the bother. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had never had someone put that much time and thought into helping me develop as an athlete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Promise me you will never wear black satin,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I never brought up Evan on my own, because I worried it would be obvious that I liked him as more than a friend. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was never a place we could eat downtown. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right! Notre Dame. I don’t know why that never seems to stick with me.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He never found it easy to talk with girls. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Johnny would never have talked like he was that good, but I think he could have held his own. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen him like this, so still and quiet. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With each reading each book took on new life, exposed new angles to the story, with the result that I was never bored. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never fallen in love with a gender. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She had never used her knowledge of magic as a weapon before, and she knew there were proscriptions against it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This he had never experienced at Judge Miller’s down in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter broke out, enormous, almost hysterical, peal after peal, as though it would never stop. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d wanted to have it ready for my birthday, and he’d promised that we could finish it later, together, which we never did. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The self-destructing tape never told the mission-impossible team how to complete their impossible mission, but the team always seemed to know. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I try to imagine Baba as a teenager, with his father standing over him ugly-frowning like a Pakistani Mr. T. Only it’s hard to imagine, because I’ve never seen Dada in real life. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

From an early age, I told my parents that no matter what other girls did, / would never cover my face like that. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard that joke before, but somehow, I don’t know why, I knew the answer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He never thought that this was how his first time driving would be. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don't care about Andras. And I never wish to wed. You didn't,” she pointed out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They might talk on the way, but they must not talk loudly and they must never laugh or smile. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that makes me feel bad because I would never of hurt the baby. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Watching him tend to Mrs. Healey, I would never again have reason to question his motives. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet she spoke with such conviction, with such utter seriousness, and with never a smile on her face or a twinkle in her eye, that I found myself beginning to wonder. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I had never minded being a substitute on this team, until that moment. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gender was like a native tongue; it didn’t exist before birth but was imprinted in the brain during childhood, never disappearing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There is never a dull moment here at the Equatorial, though. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he continued on across the grass until he had almost reached the summerhouse, then turned and came walking slowly back, his eyes never leaving the ground. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never lost the fear that he would not jump but attack me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s either soft or smoldering, I’m never sure which. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The preacher kept on saying he was going to have to do something about them, but he never did. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I never needed to sign a piece of paper to get in Erlan’s apartment before. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I never let them take it off. I feel like it gives her strength. And Sophia adds flowers to it weekly." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But man, who has but two legs, was never made to perform the service of four footed beasts. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said that it was intended that you should perish in the ghetto, perish by never being allowed to go behind the white man’s definitions, by never being allowed to spell your proper name. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The men aren’t shaving carefully and the women never remove their boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, there’s one you’ve never seen before!” said the Match-Man proudly, pointing to a painting of a mountain covered with snow and its slopes simply littered with grasshoppers sitting on gigantic roses. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

We might never know, but whatever it was hurt Mama badly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As if they'd never cried together in fear when Nathan was arrested, nor experienced relief when my father had gotten him released. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

That they will never have, she told herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She returned a moment later to add, “Kindness is never repaid. I should have known no good would come of feeding a philosopher.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I never used to realize it, I guess. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had never seen so many beautiful houses, and they were all different colors. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could take dance classes and go to the community pool, sure, but she never stuck around long enough to make real friends, much less relive memories with them years later. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Since most New Yorkers had never heard of Lansing, I would name Detroit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s never been a proper relationship, really,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Point is, there was never enough seats, which was okay, because I never sat down anyway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Siberian villagers, so isolated that they’d never even seen a train, fell to their knees at the sight of it. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was never good at small talk, preferring not to talk at all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We shall never see her again. Hurry child, keep moving.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ziemer emphasized that this alarming death rate hadn’t been skewed upward by mountaineering accidents; the victims had been “just ordinary trekkers who never ventured beyond the established trails.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She would never wear clothes like that, and she was still down in Houston, as far as Leo knew. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"No! I have an aunt I never knew about, on a kibbutz." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My mother never referred to my dad as white or to me as mixed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Late, I hope. They said they almost never get a babysitter." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Raf. Pal. Buddy. You know I’d never ask you anything so unseemly.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"She never loved you, do you hear?" he cried. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We could never even agree on where to go or stay or what to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could take them and lock them up, and you could never wear them except with my permission,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But it was never more than a ripple and it happened quickly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Since we met La Llorona, I never know what to expect.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His insults never stopped, although they became more lovable, but that didn’t matter, because he grew into a reliable dealer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I never imagined my first kiss to be this way, but I guess it could be worse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had been more than thirteen years since the second Fischer–Spassky match, and people were saying, fearing, he might never play again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His amber eyes were steady but sad, as if he knew he’d never see the plains of Africa again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, lime. Calcium carbonate, used in cement and a bunch of other—Ah, never mind. The point is, this ship isn’t going far unless we can fix it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You are prepared, the two of you, to separate and never see one another again?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Senate spouses, I’d watched—half in shock, half in awe—as Laura Bush posed, serene and smiling, for ceremonial photos with about a hundred different people, never once losing her composure or needing a break. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And when you “challenged” and ugly, it pretty much makes no never mind what else you are. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was a letter from my convict father, a man I’d never heard from before. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But he never could have guessed what his sister out of the goodness of her heart in fact did. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want you to remember this. I can break you like you’ve never been broken. Remember that. Remember when you’re walking across campus at night. I’m coming for you.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you absolutely sure his sister is going to be there? Because you know I’m going to get in trouble, right? I didn’t tell my mom because she’d never let me go.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"It's crazy—I had such a big family. There's got to be someone left. I just have to keep looking. You should, too. You never know!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Normally he was a courageous dog, but he had never before encountered anything like these vicious, silent onslaughts. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a noble question, and if destiny had seen fit to reveal its staggering answer to him then, he would never have believed it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I never wear those socks if I can help it....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I realized that the paths of these light rays could never approach one another. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once having seen through Mercer’s eyes, I probably will never stop. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan had felt this way before, like his life was on the line, when he was lost in the desert and thought that he would never escape. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was never a full-blown, sit-down lecture about relationships. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Shall was a storybook word that Uncle Darnell never used in bedtime stories of Arabian Knights or princesses locked in the tower. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Apart from those months, for most of his adult life he has never been more than a four-hour train ride away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was describing a Baltimore of twenty-five years ago and a neighborhood neither she nor Joe could rent in, but she didn’t know that, and never knew it, because they went to the City instead. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams let it be known that his political disagreements with Jefferson had never killed his affection for the man. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We will be taken to the boat of death on the horizon, and we will never see this place again.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Black Dog never even lived to spend the money he took from us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never have understood why he needed more than the money he made selling dry-cleaning equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to make sure that monster never shows her face again, no matter what. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of my life working on my aim and trying to prove to Q that I'm a real G. I never said a word to nobody, not even Haitian Phil’s daughter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I had never seen such a big town and so many people. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, a boatload of quiet but strong introverts may never find the common core of fiery resolve that causes the boat to explode past its competitors when all seems lost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She chimed her laugh at every joke, she tossed salads neatly, never once pausing for breath. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing here in the quiet, she believes she has never felt at home in the States, never. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He and En Enrique’s Journey rique both work at the same mechanic’s shop, but the uncle never offers him a lift in his car to their job. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I was never more serious in my life. I am not going to let you die, Wilbur.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I think they wanted to remind themselves that he had never earned his way like they did. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bring science, bring technology to her, and she’ll never really get it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was so little. I can still feel her fingers sliding across my biceps, and then letting go. I never even turned to look back.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We know that in Jomon times it supported great regional diversity of subsistence techniques and of pottery styles and was never unified politically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen a getup like that. He looked like a genuine savage.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen Daddy cry like he did when Dr. Davis handed Seven that diploma. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

For at least a few months after the kite tournament, Baba and I immersed ourselves in a sweet illusion, saw each other in a way that we never had before. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never heard from the Brysons again, and after they left, their brownstone got grimy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I don't know why this never occurred to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I waited by the red clowns, just like you said, but you never came, you never came for me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, his career would not be with the animals; second, he’d never again eat something that came out of a pig. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was one of the few jobs we never needed reminding to do. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Owen had never told him and he hadn’t found a book to read on it yet. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck me I had never asked him how old the child was, boy or girl. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We must welcome our guests, then, Amari. We would never judge people simply by how they looked—that would be uncivilized,” her mother told her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man whose brethrenship never wavered was the Honorable Percy Sutton, my father’s attorney and a perpetual drum for our family, who approached the podium at the Apollo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Engrossed in conversation, they never saw the man lurking on the other side of the street in front of the hotel. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Prison officials never let you forget that you might hang. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma had told me not to bother the ants, since they hurt no one and you could never really get rid of them anyway; they were as old as the building itself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Including Mr. Krajewska, who I never see come out of the house for much of anything. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You have never experienced that. Yes, you have scraped your knees in falls from your bicycle. Yes, you crushed your finger in a door last year.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly how much they cut depended on how much their mill could handle—the cutting must never get a day ahead of the grinding, for then the sugar cane would dry up. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

As a result, Jean Louise and her brother never swore in his presence. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I hate being on the road, but I don’t want to grow up here. I still want to be a pharmacist. You still want to be an engineer. We’ll never reach our dreams here.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the words of power were never forgotten. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They would be interested in things we never thought of. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shady, that fellow from Topeka never said the water was contaminated. He just asked if it was near a mine,” Jinx whispered. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wits like Penelope’s never were before, but this time—well, she made poor use of them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s where we keep all the supplies that we are never usually allowed to touch. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I never did find out what the hell was the matter. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It would be a less interesting world if we all walked and skipped alike, and never fell from bicycles. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are two different people, Ethan. Just because you could never decide which one of us you were in love with does not make us interchangeable.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The windows were open, and Jo, walking in the garden with Beth, for once understood music better than her sister, for he played the ‘Sonata Pathetique’, and played it as he never did before. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should know better by now than to have any expectations—she will never have the reaction I want. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She endured the persecutions heaped upon her by the Government with exemplary fortitude and never wavered from her commitment to the freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. McElroy never laughed, and seldom smiled, and to his credit was the fact that he liked to talk to Uncle Willie. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like my father, he never explained why he had a gun. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Alchemy was never a science, and there was no room for it to survive among those who had fully accepted the mentality of the new sciences. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“And 7,” Hannah continued as if she had never been interrupted, “because I am all alone. Here. In this place. In this . . . this time!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For just that moment he was again the little boy Dicey remembered, who loved to wrestle and tickle and never asked you to stop, who made games out of everything and anything. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother managed to hold Deborah on her chest as my little sister died, something a mother should never have to do. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was glad, though he felt that it was too much to hope that he would never hear it again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She spied another pair of gold cloaks, walking side by side through the fish market, but they never so much as looked at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Grube told me that he thought the kings of Kaan, never allied with Teotihuacan, may have wanted to stamp out pernicious foreign influences—xenophobia is a powerful motive in every culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I never knew that one article could get such a response. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The political rivalry had never eroded the personal respect between them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Oh, she never knew when to keep her mouth shut! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus had already given him hints that the reason Aurelia had never been to the circus was because her father feared she was too sensitive—not a quality appropriate to an emperor’s daughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

While, yes, Scoob’s wondering if this is another stop she and G’pop never made because of the circumstances, he’s not real sure he wants to ask. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Fin, I could never marry any man, you know that.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rue set up the fire but never made it back here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The new place seemed to please Melquíades, because he was never seen any more, not even in the dining room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“So perfect that I never even thought about the future. About it taking us in different directions.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, chile. Far as I knows. They mighta got killed on their journey, but they never came back here, so in my mind, they got to the North safely.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henrietta’s bleeding stopped, and if she felt sick from the treatments, she never mentioned it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I told her what was writ on the envelope and she said, “Awww, no. No, no, no. Don’t it never end?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“All these years and I’ve never seen it. It’s so close by, too. Will you show it to me?” he asked. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This summer she realized something about her Dad she had never known before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I guess I had never bothered to pay attention to the dishwasher before. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a cough in his throat that never left. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

One day Maria’s mother had walked out of the house and never returned. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That it ain’t nothing for her to wake up and find somebody she ain’t never seen using her bathroom two days after the party’s done. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then his parents moved away and I never saw him again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She is! If she hadn’t knocked on her leg, I would never have known which one was fake.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had never seen such dark eyes, and his lashes were as long as a girl's. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You talk about your work to him, but you never feel he’s giving you anything back.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a lark! I have never yet in my life slept out of doors, though it may as well have been out of doors when the east wind blew through the wind hole.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

‘I never had even kissed a girl before.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed odd to him that this girl had never heard of Earth’s most knee-slapping TV comic. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, I talk to my laptop sometimes when it’s not working, but it’s never spoken back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He never believed that we could really make it on our own. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the odd black sheep here and there, but never anything like the four of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Gogol has never met a person named Abijah, just as, he now realizes, he has never met another Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A father or mother would never give the baby for something like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jimmy L had broken conversation protocol, which had never happened before in the history of their walkie-talkie relationship. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Levittown has never been a pretty place, even in its best days. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

To tell you the truth, I never thought Id see that money. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Although the ANC had called for talks with the government for decades, we had never been confronted with the actual prospect of such talks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These tales of Africa I remember best, because of their strangeness; but most of our Regiment have never seen the country, and remember it only as a place of legend. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Segregationists never seemed to run out of ideas or the money to carry them out. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The Cave, which had never been especially homey, now looked like a typhoon had hit. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My natural tan never burned like her fair white skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Pinned in the darkness, never able to get free. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I never saw anybody who left so much. I suppose she expects us to wait again?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, Lessius and his successors say that if you throw a quantity of bricks down on the ground you will never get a palace. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Chemistry was his particular love, and my father said he’d never known a man to run a better still. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But today I realize I’ve never really known what it means to be Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can never think of it,” she cried, “without extreme shame.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve never heard anything like it and doubt I ever will again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

True to their word, they walked away and were never seen again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They never took beach trips or went out to dinner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I had my suspicions I guess. But I knew I was leaving so I never really thought about it as a thing that could happen. I just...couldn’t.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Even if a guest was rude, my dad never lost his temper. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Gramps offered to get me a motel room, but I was afraid that if I left the hospital, I would never see Gram again. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

What I do remember, what I will never forget, is the violence that followed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“No, she never eat it. She doesn’t like.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their marriage had never been close; it was more of a working partnership. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Cas used to believe her, but it had turned out that was stupid, because it was never true. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As his eyes met mine I was suddenly moved to bespeak him, to try to reach him with the mindspeech I had never used since I landed on Winter, and should not use, yet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went on turning the pages of the notebook—it was about a quarter full—not looking up at him, wishing I’d never brought up Madame. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One never had the smallest clue as to what had happened to them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes as though the details were never any farther than a stage behind his eyelids. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I never went berry hunting with Pa again. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The three of us were like well-oiled robots, our assembly line never veering off course: fold, stuff, seal, repeat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Christmas carols were in the air; they issued from the radio of the four women and mixed strangely with Miami’s sunshine and the cries of the querulous, never thoroughly silent seagulls. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

If your smart you can have lots of ffends to talk to and you never get lonley by yourself all the time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You just never ever know what the next good or bad thing will be.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the ball rolled Zubaid’s way, his teammates never tried to take it from him, though they were faster and more agile than he was. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They'd known about it for centuries; part of the initiation of a medicine man involved going through and bringing back a trophy of some kind—though some never came back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ginny gave Harry a radiant smile: He had forgotten, or had never fully appreciated, how beautiful she was, but he had never been less pleased to see her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was never very good at this last part of the act, either because I failed to throw the hoop properly or because he clumsily ran into it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Owens had never been much for reading when they were alive, and there were no alphabet books in the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Babulya mixed potions and salves for people all over the village, but she never wanted anyone to know she was the one making them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Igbo soldiers and Northern soldiers can never live in the same barracks after this. It is impossible, impossible,” Colonel Madu said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In all my years in psychology, I have never run into an effect this large,” Barnsley says. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I was doing all right even though I had never had a discussion about sex with a mature woman before. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Until that moment, he’d never understood the pity in other people’s eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We could never build applications for customers as quickly and easily as they can for themselves,” Marc Benioff, the Salesforce.com CEO, told internetnews.com on April 12, 2005. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pollard, they announced, would probably never walk again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I did that, I would never come up; I would drown under it all. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now he realized, as his wheels bumped over the joints between the big sandstone slabs that made up the sidewalks, that he had never been inside. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She never told Elena when she was pregnant, so how could she tell her the pregnancy had ended? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was not time to say so, but I have never been more delighted in my life than when you spoke. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was, in her eyes, some meaning I myself could never know and might not care to know: an alien, the rock broken free of the wall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never swum a stroke in her life, but her faith in her own nengkan convinced her that what these Americans couldn’t do, she could. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go home, clean the paint off, and never return to CHS again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

You know your mother would never fire her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like a sinuous black lizard he slithered past slumbering creatures and around rubble heaps, never once making a sound. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Emergency had never been intended to be permanent, and the government believed that it had successfully stifled the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve never seen Thalia run into battle, you have never been truly frightened. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Treaty of Treason gave us the new laws to guarantee peace and, as our yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated, it gave us the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could tell she was sad when I’d ask her how she was doing, but she put on this brave face at school and pretended Noah had never existed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I had never looked more youthful, I had never felt so old. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was It, and when I went seeking I came upon a tombstone such as I had never seen before. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He took pride in never having lost a faculty member he wished to keep—and among that group, Lawrence stood out. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell him that where I came from was California, but then, he never gave me a chance to speak. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Proud laughter followed those declarations, for he had never had children. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never seen any of that goodwill returned; she never would now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I thanked him for his sentiments, and assured him that I would never forget what he had said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He described it several times in print, in Latin and in French, but never in English. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They sit in the formal living room, where they normally never sit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had never suffered nerves like these; they were way beyond anything he had experienced before a Quidditch match, not even his last one against Slytherin, which had decided who would win the Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll have a life I’ve never dared to imagine, in a bright, snug house where there is plenty to eat—warm cake and milky tea with as much sugar as I please. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

How do you explain to someone that you’re grieving now because you never had the chance to do so as a child? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Always the sound of the water went on, never changing its note, morning or evening or night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

‘Sadly, you Romans have never been very good at summoning gods to your aid. I guess they don’t think much of you, eh?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The room is definitely never going to be the same. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His mother never bothered to knock in the morning, but came right in. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A girl I’ve never even seen before looks into the library and tugs at her friend’s shirt to get her attention. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No, no. How long you have traveled? The energy is all mine. You will find that I am never tired.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Erin’s so charismatic and beautiful that my dad and pop never pay any attention to me when my girlfriend’s around. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never seen her without this purple rock. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The first time I ever rode on a motorcycle, Dad displayed a shade of fear I’d never seen before, and said, “Charlie Kahn, that’s my only daughter you have on that machine.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I never noticed before — your hair has red in it,” he commented, catching between his fingers a strand that was fluttering in the light breeze. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have spent the past ten minutes staring at the ink stains on the walls, hoping they will rearrange themselves into an answer, and knowing they never will. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The best part of Vik’s story is that I’ve never heard it before—which means he knows how to keep a secret! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sure I always knew where she was, but that is never the same thing as having a real parent there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the case of scientific knowledge the fog never clears: the summit is invisible and truth always remains out of sight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

However, those tropical African crops could never be transmitted across South Africa’s Fish River, beyond which they were stopped by Mediterranean conditions to which they were not adapted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one, including Mahmoud, could believe he had survived, and thereafter he vowed never to take the chance again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

This creature, which had never before been seen in that place, was the creature which people now call the baboon. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My mother, who has now lost six of her seven sisters in Ville Rose and has never had the strength to return for their funerals. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I wondered what he would do when winter came; but by the first snowfall, the preoccupation had vanished, never to return. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The pair last year were two kids from the Seam who'd never, not one day of their lives, had enough to eat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t explain how he felt to a grown man, though—what it was to remember when he was twelve and found he’d never go to school again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to believe she was lying to gain my sympathy, but going on an extended vacation after the death of her best friend had never seemed like an Audrey thing to do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, Morrie had been told by his father never to talk about her. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would never get mad about mini golf.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The frog feared it would never become a princess. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sponsored by Kagen, the resolution recognized the accomplishments of the 13 women who outshined and outperformed their male counterparts—but were never allowed to fly into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kids can never complain about unfairness 'cause everyone knows kids always complain about that. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

One American soldier warned Alfons that the murder of Jews was a burden that he would never shake off in his lifetime. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom started working less and sleeping more, and she wore pajamas around the house, which she’d never really done before. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“This is my old one. The one I never wear.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So Tree-ear learned about his master from others, from watching, from breathing the very air of his work, but never by hearing a word from Min himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Funny how I’ve never heard you speak Ebonics before,” she told Blaine, the first time she heard him talking to Mr. White. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s weird. But, Dad, he never asks us for anything.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I never made the football team, but I thought—I dreamed you would. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

This banishment was the ultimate hurt—worse than his father’s fists and belt, worse than his mother’s never caring. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He wanted to take his seat in it and never climb out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's so obvious that I mustn't touch his shaver, he's never even told me not to. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Six months ago stuff like that would never have happened, but now it happens more and more. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wonder for a minute about that other fork we never took back in Farbranch. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

An interesting choice, coming from Nora, who basically never talks about anything related to dating. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

What I am trying to say is that it just never dawned upon them that I could understand, that I wasn’t a pet, but a human being. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he had been on a state championship team, he never saw any of his old teammates, nor did he ever hear from them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for some reason that I could never understand until much later, Mr. Muhammad never really wanted me to speak at these colleges and universities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, she’d have fits of consciousness and try to walk beside him at a slow limp, but it never lasted long. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s just realized how precious it is, and that he may never see another loaf again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He should have yelled so that we knew he was serious—then this never would have happened. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There were those he would never have seen otherwise. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But never before had nonviolence been employed for a mass movement. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you: Young Luke Skywalker, he was my first crush. And first love is one you never forget.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Shaper sang things that had never crossed his mind before: comfort, beauty, a wisdom softer, more permanent, than Hrothgar’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to remember anything, he didn’t have to feel anything but this; and he wished the truck would never stop moving, that they could ride like that forever. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing that had been drummed into all their heads from the moment they were able to understand was that you never seriously argued with elders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the way she made sure her eyes never met mine for more than a few seconds; the way she had no questions about my life or revelations about hers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He never hesitated, and he never got one wrong. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

That had never occurred to me, to tell you the truth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once I left that room, back out into the dusty, wind-flurried afternoon, I never did return. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have chanced it all the same, but then Penny had landed a blow on his shield and the moment was gone, never to return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah made fast the thread and sat with idle hands, her eyes never leaving the young sailor’s face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You will never return here,” Felicia said and released the flames onto his face. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never done this before,” I say as I take it out of the box. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a long race, but the issue was never in doubt; he could keep on running longer than she. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never bandaged anything worse than a cut finger in my life, but I did remember a little of the first aid I had learned in school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m always very fit,” said Maxim shortly, “never had anything wrong with me in my life. You imagine everyone ill who doesn’t look as fat as Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The scientific panel’s role was never precisely spelled out. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, or I will never see her again.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Free food never makes me sick. You want some?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

They tried to sleep during the day but they never could wholly relax into sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would never be able to build a house all by myself. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I never knew that northmen made blood sacrifice to their heart trees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tony never upgraded his car stereo so he still plays tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Beyond all reason, he wants to be my friend but would never be interested in more. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We slept on the cowhide that Yeller never would sleep on at the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They went looking for them today,” Mary said, “but something else happened. Will’s never seen his dæmon. He didn’t know for certain that he had one.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

You might never guess this, however, from the neat post hoc analyses that follow each market’s close. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No; he never saw him till the other morning at Meryton.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

As a school, most whites never had much use for Ector once it had become pegged as the minority school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Lucy was loud and gushy, and she was never too gushy with me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But this time it seemed she didn't want to tell him a story, although he had never needed one so badly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watch him, the smile that twists his lips but never reaches his eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he heard a thundering sound, and he was thrown to the ground by a wind such as he had never known. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never tried to think of their trouble before; rather, he had never before confronted it in such a narrow place. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I never liked it, because it seemed like a way to encourage the Dauntless flair for theatrics, rather than a useful skill. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"He's more use alive than dead. And my lord father never condoned the murder of prisoners after a battle." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But they never quite got anywhere, because Pennsy never slowed down for them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was always friendly but never imposed on me, and I could tell he had it tough in here. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I talked around all her questions, never really giving her any direct answers. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

To never stand next to Mom quietly talking as we do the dishes? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, I never got back into the hole again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re still together for 5 other classes, but we manage to never speak. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t at Brown and he thinks he never will. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He died in World War II. They never married or had children. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She knew she would never forget the sight of it, just as you never forget many stories even though—or perhaps because—they have scared you. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her aunt had said brown; the beauticians said black but Violet had never seen a light-skinned person with coal-black eyes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems that the worries and wants of a young boy never cease. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s not even that I’m not excited, because I kind of am—it’s just I’ve never slept away from home before and I’m kind of nervous. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was never ever going to speak to her again, and I hoped that she remained toothless until the end of time. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Though Dal never said as much, we knew we were being taught something beyond mere concentration and ingenuity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But at least she will never know what I did to Will, either. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Actually I do know why: I never trusted myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I would never dream of keeping you,” I said, graciously stepping to one side, out of their way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Most times, that made no never mind to her—their talk was usually pretty dull listening. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"One day she wasn't feeling well, and she went to bed, and never woke up." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And once he found his boy, he would never leave his side. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen a child who liked a bath as much as you do.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The one around here who did was this same Solomon, or Shalimar—I never knew which was right. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without looking at the clock, never letting her eyes drift from mine, Schmidt said, “I guess that’s all the time we have today.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

If I don’t get up and say something now, I’ll never get another chance. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I never knew girls like that and wondered what they might do to me if I was lucky enough to be captured by them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn’t dissatisfied with mine here at all. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He will never speak his sisters’ language, account for his movements like a cow with a dull bell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name I never knew her Name.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I say, I’ve never been sure whether or not Ruth deliberately moved things round to this. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slave handed him a pair of thick horsehair mittens, and he pulled them on, never so much as looking at the man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You never saw a little kid so pretty and smart in your whole life. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had never planned to think any such thought. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sobbed wildly; he sobbed as though he never could stop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My little sister had been clinging to my mom during the attack, never leaving her side. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But I never liked any of the Tarzan movies—my own imagined picture of Tarzan was more wonderful than any actor could possibly be. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the wide- brimmed hat of a Quaker, and she thought perhaps he is really a friend, and yet one could never be sure. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I was the boss in our house, but I had never seen her like that before either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, my mom is a single parent, and we almost never hear from my dad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard that, I knew we would never be able to afford to have a bomb shelter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No, my father would likely never have approached him if he had come upon the chance. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never let them forget that their strength lay in unity. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He had never been in mountain country before and was surprised. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I could never tell if she wore lipstick and makeup; her skin and lips always looked so flawless and, well, Annie-like. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m not proud of it, all right? I never meant. ..” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I am a stupid, lazy girl who will never consider coming late to work again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m never ready, but especially now when I feel like my world is falling apart. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She would never have let any of us down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I never thought they would make me move all the way to Arizona and go to a new school right after starting eighth grade. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Lupita, perhaps you will not go back to Mexico at all? Many never go back, but stay here to work and live.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But though I waited until the sky grew dark, the wind never took it away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I never thought about what teachers dream about. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen it look so good. Not since the day we moved in, anyway.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I had never seen one either, but I knew how they looked because I had been told. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

North Korea has no oil, and its economy has never been able to generate enough cash to buy sufficient fuel or food on the world market. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She felt she could walk forever and never get tired. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined how such a thing might look from an airplane’s height—the whole island suddenly winking out, as if it had never been there at all. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I was almost too embarrassed to explain—especially to Nathan, who, because he was very, very dark skinned, never had to worry about Africans killing him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Lyddie was a bit breathless, never having said so many words in the space of so few minutes in her life. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was wearing an old flannel nightgown that I hadn’t worn since Kevin and I were married and that I’d never worn in June. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had never considered the possibility that Papa would die, that Papa could die. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The question must have embarrassed him, because I’ve never seen him so red before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But even before Ruth paused, almost as I was still speaking, Tommy made a sudden laughing noise, a kind of explosion, a noise I’d never heard him make before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friends, students, and teachers asked me why I had never told them about what I had experienced during the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny,’ said Mr. Quincy, ‘did you obey your mother—never show your cup to anyone?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of us someone all trussed up in a harness and blue jumpsuit leaps into the void, and disappears down the side of the tower never to be seen again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I knew I would never enjoy his stern constitution. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told R. that if I never saw his face or his silly brother’s again, it was perfecto with me! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a feeling that I have never known before. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three demigods would never make it to the tunnel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you have to go along with things if you don’t want to get mashed into pulp. But you? You just never know when to shut up and let things go.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There was nothing written on the sheet of paper aside from Chubs’s parents’ name and their address, and there had never been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It seemed amazing to me, that she had never told Dad the whole Tourteau story. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Afraid of being carried off, is she? I hope you never said how big me member is, Jon Snow, that’d frighten any woman. I always wanted me one with a mustache.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even here, most people had never seen a cruel pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“A girl in Nigeria will never wear that kind of dress,” Bartholomew said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The scholastic philosophy taught in the universities, based on Aristotle, was, Bacon insisted, caught up in a series of futile arguments which could never generate new knowledge of the sort he was looking for. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Wiser words have never been spoken,” said Goddard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That is, she was polite to everybody, even to President Roosevelt, whom she had never met. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For reasons beyond our control, we never ended up getting a green card through my grandmother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The rule was never waived, even when the temperature dropped to the fifties, and a cold, gray rain was falling. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brings home stray dogs and old men.You never know when you’ll find a dog in the bed with him.There are dogs with sores, dogs with no ears, no tails. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Except that it never happens to me, at least not in English. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever happens at six o’clock, I never want to know. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I never said I wasn’t going to do anything,” she says tersely. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone I talked to swore race relations were never bad in Clover. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her blade flashed out, smooth and quick, one deep slash through the velvet and he never felt a thing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wrote the letter and handed it over to the major, but it was never posted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But never had there been movement of African Americans on so enormous a scale. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was nervous, and could never seem to stand still. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had never spoken that way to one another. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went along; I never missed a meeting. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as if a storm was on the way, but the storm never came. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

In the same way, a rat civilization would probably never have built skyscrapers, since rats prefer to live underground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was empowering to help dismantle the definitions of beauty that too often erased women of color and almost never included hijabi women. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She bends over at the waist, slaps her knee, and laughs like I’ve never heard her laugh. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pushed and pulled by the slightest shift of air, but never falling free into the tempting darkness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never leave now, never get out of here. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He utters a line that never fails to make the audience laugh. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You never heard of America! You say you’re from Earth and yet you don’t know!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I myself never finished high school. Not any sense in it for some girls.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She’d never felt sorry for a Titan before, but it didn’t seem right taking a brainwashed immortal and turning him into an unpaid janitor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Valerie never hesitated to step out of a big meeting when a call came in from her daughter’s school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You will vow on the River Styx never to return to this ship,” Piper continued, “and never to possess any member of this crew.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And perhaps Uncle wanted to make up to us for all the time we had been living out here like this, trying to prove he was wrong about our never being able to fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for telling her I was sorry about the bosom stories I made up, which didn’t count since Aunt Loma wasn’t mad, I had never apologized to anybody in my life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I nod, but I know I never would have made that mistake if I’d had my earmuffs on. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“To the best of my knowledge, a scythe has never taken on two apprentices and set them in competition for the ring,” she continued. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“But if you never knew your mom, then you wouldn’t cry,” Joseph said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

There were essays on the Lincoln-Douglas debate, which I had never heard of. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

What Seven did know was that she had never given up on anything before—that she was smart, she was capable, and, no matter what was thrown her way, Seven was ready. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was that Francis felt he could never get the message over to Maurice that you did not move cautiously when you were holding dynamite like DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

At last he said, “Very well. Very well. But never—never tell, Dumbledore! This must be between us! Swear it! I cannot bear...especially Potter’s son...I want your word!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And even though, deep down, I know it can’t be her—that it can never be her again—it doesn’t stop me from hoping. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That she never sing in public had been one of the general’s conditions when they had married. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how many times it happened, the sting never lessened. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I never carry idlers on my ship! Between ports, a clerk isn’t worth the hardtack to keep him alive.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you truly believed that, you would never have come." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lips i bat touch wine Will never touch mine. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many a serving girl had been sent to the dungeon bearing the jailer’s meal only to return white-faced and weeping, hands trembling, teeth chattering, insisting that they would never go back. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I was sure I never would be. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had never been in a first class compartment before. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

First, she could never hope to put on her makeup without lights, and she’d die before she went out anywhere without her makeup. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Plus, she never put anything in the same place twice, including us. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Some tall kid I’ve never seen before with a cool haircut and clothes ten times too big for him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Pearl had never known her mother to leave any of her work behind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had never seen anything of the kind before, and he called to Katharine to come and look at it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"You tell me the truth," I said, "or I'll never speak to you again." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“There has never been such a fish. Those were two fine fish you took yesterday too.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nice thing was my Aunt Helen was never on a diet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And I will never forgive you for knocking me out!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I do not know yet how sometimes the earth makes a promise it can never keep. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I know tons of people who have never even left the state. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had begun running in her mother's womb, and never once stopped. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You have never been able to escape the pounding of a thousand other hearts that have outlived yours by thousands of years. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Adah. I loved you too. I never thought less of you, but I wanted better for you.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never seen the photograph that disproved their guilt. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even in the dead of night, New York is never silent. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’d have to lie to Aech about what the money was for, and since I’d never asked him for a loan before, any excuse I gave would make him suspicious. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They ain't worth more than me. And besides, I never loved no man because he was worth it. Worth didn’t have nothing to do with it.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Monet’s coma deepened, and he never re-, gained consciousness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall never be invited to Abbey-Mill again,” was said in rather a sorrowful tone. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I never know how far he’ll go, and I never know how far our instructors will let him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she heard unsettling sounds, but she never caught sight of what made them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I will never understand how Chou ever survived the war. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I never had trouble getting my bathing suit on again. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jessie felt like crawling under the bed and never coming out. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They never spent long enough in any place for Shadow to make friends, to feel at home, to relax. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

What a typical faerie prophecy—one that gives you a warning about what you’ll lose but never promises you anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Ah, man, this rain never stops on Elgon. This happens all year round.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never said those words to one another. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But they could never afford the list of extras that she kept tucked inside her mind. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

After today I will never smell that again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had never personally encountered a bandit, but she had read of such things in books, and the very idea gave her goose bumps. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Even though he was like a long-distance uncle to me, I’d never spent this much time with him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Your parents will never see me, never know about me. I promise.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I never gave up hope that you were still alive somewhere.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never disobeyed Big Ma but I wasn’t about to bring her any switch. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d never had a bottle of pop in my life, and didn’t know what to say. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That can never be done,” the old man said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of losing his friend and perhaps never seeing him again was devastating. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They caught the bus, or bought stamps, as quickly as they could, and never loafed around the cafe or the fountain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but...never mind. He hasn’t hit you again, has he?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He never actually tricked me, but he thought my straight-faced reactions were hilarious. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never told anyone I liked them, so I guess there’s a first for both of us.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If our actions had damaged our family in any way, I would never forgive myself. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And when we ride up to the twelfth floor, the faces of all the tributes who will never return flash across my mind and there's a heavy, tight place in my chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Madam never woke early enough to note my absence, and the soldierwives were so grateful to avoid the chore, they never told. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never did any real fighting after I entered politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha-ha! Jews? Oh no, we would never be Jews. Not us. Ha-ha!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Madoc raged, but since his approval of a thing only makes her despise it, all his railing just made her more determined to never, ever go back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Voices harmonizing and bellowing in a language I’ve never heard before. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coach O never said a word about it, because that meant they were competing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Good idea,” murmured the mice, who had never before thought of such a thing. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was the lawgiver in our family and I never laughed in his presence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food Mrs. Byrne makes is bland and unappealing—soft gray peas from a can, starchy boiled potatoes, watery stews—and there’s never enough of it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a finish line I could never reach. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He smiles a little but never takes his eyes off of me as he reaches down and moves one of his pawns. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I never forgot the look of astonishment and bewilderment on the young woman’s face when I had finished reading and glanced at her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As you may have gathered,” I say, walking up a step, “that was never going to happen.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You will. When the appointed day arrives, you will speak your wedding vows, else you will join the silent sisters and never speak again.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘If it was a bird, it was one that I never heard in the Shire before.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He might think I was “puny” but he’d never catch me on that tricycle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But somehow, for reasons she could never begin to explain, the man in black frightened her more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, without openly ad-mitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I never left sight of the rover; the last thing I want to do is get lost on foot. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than thirty years after Henrietta’s death, research on HeLa cells finally helped uncover how her cancer started and why her cells never died. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh no. He would never have done that. You must have imagined that.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You laugh when I haven't been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I've asked you.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair wind, once heaven set it blowing, never failed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife laughed and said, “He’s never been better.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But I am no longer lovely, and my days will never be happy again.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although he had never touched them, they haunted him; all he could think of, all he dreamed of, were these white shell beads hanging in that tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If he’d known, he never would have allowed them to do the Test so publicly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She never overlooked him or avoided him like most people did. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We are not the same and never will be. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

After that, he never looked at me again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Merci, a good attitude goes a long way. Half my patients would never walk again if they didn’t think positive.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fred had never realized how big a team Duke needed to be, well, Duke. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He’d never ask her to write out her love and then let someone else read the letter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her knowledge of binding a malevolent being to the earth was entirely theoretical; she had never before encountered such a creature. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Donald had never forgiven her, she told Martin, she was sure of it, and now they were going to swing from the branches of the tree right outside their front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was fascinated by canned food simply because that miracle of Western invention was never allowed in my house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He rewards them for their kindness with a basket full of fresh bread and butter that magically replenishes itself and a hollow stone with a flame inside that never burns out. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It was never intended for all of us to go forward. You just had the misfortune to be with me.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You never should’ve stayed. I shouldn’t have let you. But I was selfish ... so terribly selfish!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Without their agreement this could never take place. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shut the book because I felt like I was on the brink of something dangerous, and if I took one step further, I’d never be able to go back. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Billy knew what the cripples were up to: They were selling subscriptions to magazines that would never come. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never met an adult who affected her this way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It was my fault, Little Sister. I didn’t look after you properly. The jaguar never would have attacked you if I had watched over you as I was supposed to.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The truck was expensive to maintain, bandits tried to mug him a few times, and he didn’t have the heart to say no to men who bought on credit then never paid him back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the husbands will get drunk, but never the member wives. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She might never get another chance at this, ever. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All my life my father had followed the water, so it had never seemed strange to have him gone, but Call had always been around, either with me or close by. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s husband was my father, but I had never met him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never forget the time he came up to me one night after supper. He said, ‘Mack’—all the kids call me Mack—‘I’d like to ask your advice about something, man to man.’ The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Charles never figured this out because to do so he needed to know about genes. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a TV in our house; even so, we had never gone over to the church just to watch a TV program. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had never felt a heat quite so hot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And even when he was in America, he never looked at a night sky again. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The agent was so familiar with the map and with the landmarks he should be looking for that he never had to stop the car to orient himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I have never fixed on June or any other month—merely looked forward to the summer in general.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He never even seemed to experience embarrassment the way that I did. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With that self-defeating thought looping in my head, I never caught the bar once that entire week. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I never ask them to give anything away. Only take. And I have a code of honor. You have no right to judge me for what I do.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Bunting never married largely because she wasn’t asked ate. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth wanted to argue, but as soon as he said sleep, her body betrayed her, despite her resolution never to sleep in Tartarus again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But he never got his freaking hands dirty, no he didn’t. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They had never visited me before, but they were passing through on their way to Arizona and stopped for dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A lone mercenary was never reassuring, even in the best of times. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A clue to it was that his first name was never used—I didn’t even know what it was—and he had no nickname, not even an unfriendly one. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma never even wore earrings, except to church. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Life that crawled, life that slunk and crept and never closed its eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

You want justice and courtesy and human concord, things you never knew you wanted. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, I never came back from Andrea’s without something new to think about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I been lying to you this whole time. I can’t never see my brother again for the rest of my life ’cause I killed him!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes are constantly scanning, never settling on any person or object for more than an instant, moving from an officer to the printout in front of him and back again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clara thanked me effusively and found it ever so lovely, but she never put it on. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But please tell me you're going to sing, too. I never got to tell you this—I was a different person then—but I always loved your voice." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"I will have no further need of you tonight," he said, never looking at her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Park was never going to love her more than he did on the day they said good-bye. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But, thanks to Shawn Crow, never, ever Permian football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there, just waiting for a chance to tell her so, too; only she never did come back to give me a chance. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I could reach out and touch it, but I could walk all day and night and never get there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now he would never have a chance to show her what he could become. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As it happened, the Richardsons would never sell those photos. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My intestines is just fine. I’ve never had a stomachache in my life.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So did free men and women, in a migration the country had never witnessed before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was something I couldn’t imagine, that I would never imagine, because I couldn’t be Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I never got a chance to leave the note for Uncle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I ain’ never seen a grownup do that before, all right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“As I was never allowed to meet any angels,” said Sir Lancelot with a smile, “it’s the best thing I can do.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never orders my burger plain, and I have to pick off those little onions every time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“First off, don’t be concerned about destroying evidence. They would never have gotten fingerprints off the drill, not after that length of time and with it being exposed to the elements.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could have said, “That place has a hold on me, which I may never break.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh brother, you never saw such a bunch of motley angels as we got hovering over this town,” he crowed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for his tattered clothes and a few layers of dirt and grime, he looked as if he’d never fallen into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Crouch, I — I never suggested you had anything to do with it!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Plus, Ocean and I had never really engaged each other in Mr. Jordan’s class, so the whole thing was pretty low-key. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it has never come under the domination of any outside institution or governmental agency, nor has it ever been told what to do by any outside group. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took care never to allow them to see how much she relished their absence. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had never even made it to the districts, but now visions of championships danced in our heads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But at the First Baptist Church and Bar, as I had come to call it, there never was much of a sermon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard an animal bellow like that, with such fluctuations in tone and pitch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But since that first day when Tree-ear had damaged the box, Min had never raised a hand against him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t give up, I didn’t give up, and I will never give up! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

You will never, my mother says, say ain't in this house. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Declaring that he would never take back the strikers, he raised the minimum wage for a police officer and set about recruiting an entire new police force. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Holds it tight like my Aunt Fannie Mae did, like she’s never going to let me go. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had never encountered anything so hard, for which I was so ill prepared. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The others explained that the snow was early, that we were never supposed to see it, but there it was, piling up around us as we tried to sleep at night. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thus they started across the fields, a dreary small procession moving so slowly that it seemed they would never be to the wall of the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And this became Florence’s deep ambition: to walk out one morning through the cabin door, never to return. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One of my keeplocks began shouting at me that lunch had never been brought to his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll never forget how you came up those dark steps. Alone. At night. Scared. You conquered your fear. You worked hard. You almost quit once, and then you came back and worked harder." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course. There are all of my notes and jottings. We must never let them fall into the hands of my mother. She may make a fortune from them. It would be too ironic.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never know ahead of time what something’s really going to be like.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As he rose from one political office to another, he never once distinguished himself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had never had a single complaint from a customer with a health problem. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you came. You are my best friend. And I never should have treated you that way.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What I saw when they let me in was something I will never forget as long as I live. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hixon: A lot of things we’re discussing now were things that these guys did that were criminally wrong that never went on paper, because we were trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been to funerals, but never to anyone’s he knew more than by name. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You know Olga never wanted to leave your parents. She would have done anything for them. She always wanted to be a good daughter.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And he knew that the rat, once he captured the Pea, would never let her go. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now, there are some things that never die, so even though I’m in my nineties my sap sometimes rises. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I would never grab a butterfly, but once again, my hands do things without my say-so. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If zero never entered their minds, it could hardly be a problem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"In Latin, of course. I never got even one right. A flower's a flower, right? It's pretty and smells nice, and that's enough." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? You could never be—” “Oh, yes.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

You never stayed long enough to get a pet or a houseplant or hang any paintings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Martians of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, preoccupied with the suppression of Bournemouth and Jersey City, never noticed until too late that their immunological defenses were unavailing against the microbes of Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dads all at work on the ships, bombs droppin’ night and day, kiddies never been out o’ the tenements in their lives. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His own mother would never have served so few dishes to a guest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She weeps in his arms and tells him they can never marry. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was true that it like to never quit raining. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been inside an upscale club like this one, and as we walk past the crowd of fans, I wonder if maybe I should’ve picked a different outfit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had a thousand ideas to make my life miserable and he never stopped thinking up more. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But he never approached me, he never asked me point-blank what I did, he’d just inquire if I were earning enough for my family and then silently nod. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls never talked of their feelings; none of them possessed the insight or the emotional equipment to understand themselves or others. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As many times as Big Ma said it, I never fully believed it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d heard stories of people being arrested and never coming back. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a newspaper back home say such things about people possibly involved in crimes who hadn’t been arrested, but Mexican papers were quick to report speculations. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The police say your sister never even woke up,” my father said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

This team mattered, he said to me, in ways that I could never understand, because he was sure that wherever I came from didn’t have basketball. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The young geese heard it and knew that they would never be little goslings again. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

College students worked inside the factory in the summer, and some never went back to school. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You never get involved in the people’s lives? The ones you’re inhabiting.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

With each step, reality sinks in, that David will never be able to get in here again, even if Jake were willing to help us—which clearly he won’t be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Grace was glad that Maya never suggested she go swimming. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Something different was happening, and different was never good. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He was great,” I say, “but baseball never gave him the chance he deserved.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The dining hall pavilion had never been so crowded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman’s smile never grew, it stayed at the same intensity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must have been an outhouse too, but my mind never recorded it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Dudley, who never read anything, would have been wild to get his hands on some of these. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“My mother says God never gives us something we can’t handle.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And if they’d just sent him on to Jackson while he was under the ether, he’d never have known the difference. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I was never allowed in the kitchen. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The problem with lying to my mom is that she always knows when I’m lying, so it never makes much sense to try. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine what came over me. Temporary insanity or something. I’m so very sorry. I can assure you it will never happen again.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He spent a large part of his life expiating one unfortunate deed after another and never rebelling against the almost impossible demands made upon him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He hates violence. BF says it never solves anything, and only spreads more violence and hatred.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you never love a girl?” he asked. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Two years past, he had fallen and shattered a hip, and it had never mended properly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Moss had never seen panic personified, but that is what this man had become. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Little often discussed Stuart quietly between themselves when he wasn’t around, for they had never quite recovered from the shock and surprise of having a mouse in the family. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We never knew her. What’s the point of thinking about her?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Those cars never lasted more than a couple of months, and like the Oldsmobile we’d driven from Phoenix, we never named them, much less got them registered and inspected. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of this, of course, was afforded to her by Beverly Ember, who had, upon the death of her third husband, reached a financial status she’d never before thought possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Georgie, who never left her, died three years later when he was twenty-eight. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way he’s got nothing left? A German soldier never reaches this point. There’s a name for this look. It’s called ‘circling the drain.’” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She never exactly said so, but I think I was her favorite student. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What we must never do is willingly hand over our own bodies or the bodies of our friends. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They fought with a wild abandon he’d never seen before, never even imagined, driving Hatchet’s men toward the edge of the pier and into the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rowan had been called many things, but never that. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I guess he figured that, too, because he never said a word about it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She drove home slowly, parked the car, and walked away from it like she had never seen it in her life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While trying to make sure she never heard a single thing about this week, that is. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I never really mourned him, because I thought he was still with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Winnie was never allowed to do such a thing at home, but she had always thought it would be the easiest way. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Berkeley would never again face the risk of losing Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I never really expected to see such a thing in my life, but that’s what he’s doing: He’s sitting there and crying and pretending he’s not, as he keeps holding up the newspaper. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a huge yard and I had never been all the way back in it. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nana, on the other hand, sang and hummed when she wasn’t talking, which almost never happened, because she always had a new story to share. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Had Jaja forgotten that we never told, that there was so much that we never told? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why had he never met any of them before? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But Toby never had a problem reminding him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was never a problem she couldn’t solve. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Strangers mobbed her, citizens of Phoenix gushing, telling her they had been coming to the contest for years and had never heard anything like it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He thinks, as he’s hauled into a bruising kiss, that he’ll never forgive himself for it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unless I found work soon I would never earn enough to enter school by fall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d hear that word being used to describe me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Well, that makes sense. I've never seen a two-year-old carry around much cash," I say with a casual smile. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But affirmative action was never supposed to address broad economic inequities, just the ones that stem from specific kinds of discrimination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The heart jealous of the soull But for that matter, the Creole husband is never jealous; with him the gangrene passion is one which has become dwarfed by disuse. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” he says fast, “I would never be her boyfriend.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am—and my room is right up the hall from the desk. The night clerk’s a friend of mine. He don’t never sleep when he’s on duty. Nice fella.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d missed out on all the social experiences of high school, and even though Adria kept joking that I could be her date for prom, it would never be the same as attending my own. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Napoleon was now never spoken of simply as “Napoleon.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And though she would live the first fifteen years of her life within walking distance of Herat, Mariam would never see this storied tree. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then everyone was talking at once, about how Tommy never even tried to be creative, about how he hadn’t even put anything in for the Spring Exchange. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him as a curious fact that he had never heard a member of the Party singing alone and spontaneously. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“If she puts a guard around the castle we’ll never get out.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I never thought to feed the fire, that had always been a servant’s task. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We have to do spelling tests and sums in arithmetic; it’s like real school, but worse, because we never get to draw pictures. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a movie before. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s got my favorite songs from the sixties through the nineties, including Motown classics, soul, and R&B. I listen to it on shuffle and never get tired of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

His parents catch us a few times on the balcony, but they never say anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Down at the dock,” she said, “there’s a lovely old boathouse that we’ve never cleaned out.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Why this black gulf between him and the world: warm red blood here and cold blue sky there, and never a wholeness, a oneness, a meeting of the two? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This account Bilbo set down in his memoirs, and he seems never to have altered it himself, not even after the Council of Elrond. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The prospect of taking a whipping himself had never occurred to him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I never stop being amazed that these eighty-eight slices of ivory and ebony can combine to create harmonies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Your mind never lets you call the shots.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“That was scary, too, but it was fun. So I pretended this was a boyhood game, and I never fell.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite how horrible they were, Hazel never gave them diamonds or gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“In all the years I helped raise you, I never took you for a liar, Ekon.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never known the Black Tortoise of Winter to stay so long before.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Arthur isn’t going to be on Broadway anytime soon, but he has a really nice voice, and I’m mortified and I’m charmed and I never thought that was a combo that would make sense. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what it means. I’d never try to harness the spirits of the dead. I’m no witch, Elias, I swear—” “I know that, Hel.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had never deliberately harmed so much as a fly, and the only fights he had had were playground scuffles. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered, The more you skate, the more you learn, and I thought about Liz and doing what you were afraid of, and I realized I’d never have a better chance. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would never see white people doing that. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had a whole handful of them and I thought she was never going to stop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m so awesome and you’re never going to want to run again. Just hang out at gas stations, eating cupcakes and pork rinds.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Surely there could never have been a time when that seemed ordinary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Halley’s father walked out of his house on Wednesday 5 March 1684 and never returned. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You,” replied Powell, never looking up, “are telling me something I don’t know.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

These laws operate collectively to ensure that the vast majority of people convicted of crimes will never integrate into mainstream, white society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My mother, who never went to any of my Parent-Teacher Association meetings when I was in school. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

From the way he moved it was plain that Sigom had never danced before, but he had drunk enough mulled wine so that it did not seem to matter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And she would never tell, either, in this world or another. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a tiny voice, I say, “I guess it never occurred to me to draw them any other way.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pouncey spends half his life covered in food, and he never gets dragged to the principal’s office. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Er—” The truth was that Scabbers had never shown the faintest trace of interesting powers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa said a child could walk faster than the tractor, but of course it never got tired. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never treated me like I was just a kid. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I felt then, in that moment, the insubstantial weight of my sixteen years in a way I’d never felt before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He never missed a practice or game,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But the chief part of the ceremony which took place in the precincts of the temple has never been described. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether Goll lied about sending the alarms or whether the alarm box failed to work will never be known. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I must say,” exclaimed the King, “it never hails but it pours.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to look at them forever, and she never wanted to see them again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand God at all and even if I’d like to be a saint and have everyone adore me I’d never suck the snot of a leper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘Tell us, Master,’ he said, ‘about the Willow-man. What is he? I have never heard of him before.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I never planned to cross the border, yet here I am in Turkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I could not, sir: no words could tell you what I feel. I wish this present hour would never end: who knows with what fate the next may come charged?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

For five days, I walked from dawn to dusk, never coming in contact with any human being. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"I never knew my mother. Or any such song." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His contributions are incidental, and never fully his own: a stairwell, a skylight, a corridor, an air-conditioning duct. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would have none of them; the hope that her husband would return was faint, but it never died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake in my bed wondering what I would do if Amil never came back. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He remarked that this type of virus had never been seen before in the United States, and it was right outside Washington. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, and Leper, having said so much, went on to say more, to speak above the wind and crackings as though his story would never be finished. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a great weighty pair on you. I’ll never call that into question. But still...” he gestured with his spoon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One’s family was never able to hold up their heads again. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I went to her room just after she came in. . . . She was too drunk to talk. She was drunk, I tell you. I never thought she’d come home in that condition.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” said Mrs. Joe, unwrapping herself with haste and excitement, and throwing her bonnet back on her shoulders where it hung by the strings, “if this boy ain’t grateful this night, he never will be!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped the publication immediately, and the book never was published, although large parts of it were used as the basis for some of Descartes’s later works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He has never wanted me to use the Korean word for big brother. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

No. No. He was never going to say what happened in the real nightmare. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Chinese bakery downstairs from our flat displayed my growing collection of trophies in its window, amidst the dust-covered cakes that were never picked up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m ruined! The General will never come here again. I’ll go out of business, and my children will beg in the streets.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as she cuts out biscuits with a shot glass that’s never shot a thing but short dough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She had never watched the show, but she loved that doll. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Though he’d never know for sure what had happened to them, his mind was super talented at imagining the absolute worst. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Certainly not! A gentleman’s hand is never far away from his purse.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Soon they are walking streets, she is sure, that she has never been on, streets beyond the boundaries of her father’s model. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She never said another word though, all that day. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In his memory, there were brief glimpses of her—a flash of copper eyes, short curly hair, a birthmark on her shoulder—but they never lingered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he was one year old, I remembered something: At some point since he had been born, I had lost Bera-Bera and never even noticed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Miguel said no, he’d never seen her before, because there was no way he could have forgotten a girl who looked like that. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had seen this drama close up, but until this moment he had never had to face the moral conflict of helping a desperate woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey sipped tea, which she had never liked, and thought about this. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would never open again for both of them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never sat on the bench after that. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball came in to Ice and he never stopped. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There had never been the slightest hint that he was courting Judith. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandmother never lost her German accent, she also never lost her taste for the thick black German Brot, which we bought unsliced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, when I left my house that night I never felt more free. Even now, in all the time that I’ve been here, I never felt as free as that night.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the room, I see a framed drawing I never noticed before. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“To think you’ve never been to a husking bee!” exclaimed Judith. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And Claire the neglected mother who never gets to hear anything meaningful. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

May your ears never ring with the call of duty. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was who he was, and he was never afraid of what anyone would say or think. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He invariably leaped before he looked and never cared where he was going as long as he knew why he shouldn’t have gone to where he’d been. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never did have a lot of use for him and my folks didn’t, either. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had never seen their jolly uncle cross. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When, months later, Ifemelu had the fight with Blaine, she wondered if Shan had fueled his anger, an anger she never fully understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

While my parents never carried on much over it, I was always thanked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew we never should have let her do this,” he mumbled to Gay. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Of all the decisions he’d made, not buying the flashlight was one he never regretted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I never thought I was anything like Dad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Time it so the rope never goes slack. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened, Butler never had time to finish his expletive, because he wisely chose that moment to relinquish his grip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Would it be disrespectful to Sandy to pretend I was never friends with him? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He said they either came to work late or never and when they did often passed off fruit and candy and six- packs of beer to their friends. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This seems to me perfectly preposterous and uncalled for. I don’t like it. I don’t understand your motive for silence and mystery, never saying a word to me about it this morning.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would learn that Ralph could never let a meeting end without dropping some final dramatic insight, observation, or prediction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the God he had never believed in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The multiple stab wounds inflicted on the victim strongly suggested mental illness, but the court records and files never referenced anything about Jenkins suffering from a disability. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’d never seen that kind of simulation before. You know, from the outside. But yesterday...” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not talking about me. And you know what else? You’re not special. You’re just like everyone else. You don’t float or walk through walls and you never will!” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“We must never forget to share what we have.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because never mind she looks like a hussy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"I won't lie to you, it's grievous news. I never thought to see another king, not at my age, with Robert half my years and strong as a bull." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After a full minute of the three men watching the sheriff leave and looking back and forth at one another, Donal shook his head and said, “Well, I never.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Styx, not having a mom of his own and all, was never one to pick up on these things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We really should plan a trip to visit. It’s an orphanage. WeVe never been to Africa. I would love to do something with my charity in Africa.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Although he was very smart, he’d never shown much interest in school and could often be found drinking in the boozing centers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And you never could have gotten one of those for sixty-five,” Valerie added, consolingly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I never heard from you about that Christmas present,” Rockit said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then she inhaled sharply and squeezed her arms around her body, the painful reality hitting her that her father would never again discover a new word or idea to share with her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My first reaction to Płaszów, that I would never leave alive, was reinforced every day. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t polished yet, but he never seemed to tire, never showed pain, just kept going, kept driving forward no matter what, like a well-oiled locomotive. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Margaret never cashed the check, and things never got much better. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They never considered how indifferent a musician I was. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Consider your actions! The hands that spill blood unjustly can never come clean.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seth had never particularly noticed the weedy cart track. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was not a spontaneous smile— my father never smiled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing was, I never did any of that stuff. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“What is this,” she said, “a radio station? I never heard of WWJD.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They don’t use computers or watch cable TV, and they never curse and have this thing about them that makes you want to be polite. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow it was the one thing in all Washington that Leslie had never seen, and so he could tell her about it, describing the tiny beasts hurding to destruction. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed with so much protocol, I would never get to draw the brilliant and lush and wild world brimming over inside me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the Marauders never knew the room was there,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He bathed and dressed her, took her to be nursed four times a day, and even sang to her at night the songs that Úrsula never knew how to sing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had been pitying myself for not having books to read, and now I saw children who had never read a book. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would never have occurred to me before that night that I could hurt Estraven. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know that someday I’ll be a rich Yank and send home hundreds of dollars and my family will never have to worry about threatening letters again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the sparrows never got still until full dark. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Ifemelu never kept the books for more than a day, and sometimes refused to take them home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We do know that it was to Sandwich the most sacred and maddening of his visions. For he could never see the outcome, although it came to him many times.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad my mother never met Mother Smith, I thought as I beat a rug for the third time in the courtyard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never been so scared in her life. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a man without a country, Bobby eventually chose to settle in Hungary, and he had never heard another word from the American government. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tormented by the fear of dying without having sent Amaranta Úrsula to Brussels, he worked as he had never done, and instead of one he made three weekly raffles. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The people were desperate for a leader, for someone to tell them what to do. I vowed that I would give them what they needed and that such destruction would never happen again.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She is flustered, when she shows up after about a ten-minute wait, because, as she explains, she just works on the floor and has never interviewed anyone before. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There never has been a man who asserted anything with more effectiveness, nor whose affirmations rested upon greater oaths, who observed them less. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The palms of her hands were orangey-tan and that made me wonder if the soles of her feet were too, but I never saw her barefooted. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was a good tenant; they’d never had a late check or any sort of problem from him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Trotter’s mom could never afford to buy a bike like this. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him until then to think that literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people, as Alvaro demonstrated during one night of revels. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I never saw people I knew on TV. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I do. But still, I want you to trust me. I’m not going to hurt you. I will never hurt you.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Tree-ear that he would never reach Min’s stall—yet when he did, it was all too soon. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to envision this uncle I never knew, with my eyes and no hair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At first I watched from afar, through my binoculars, and never tried to get close. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Well, if she was determined never to forgive me, I might as well enjoy hating her again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I never advertised the date, because it always fell right after camp, so none of my camp friends could usually come, and I didn’t have that many mortal friends. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His cold touch on my skin never failed to make my heart thud erratically. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One never knew what might be lurking around the next bend. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He never paid me no mind. Old heathen.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day when Liyana returned from school by public bus, a lady she’d never seen before was sitting in their living room on the low couch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She prayed to every spirit she could think of, even her great-grandfather whom she had never seen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, Jeanne said, “I never got to say I was sorry.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Billy had had a crush on Penelope Allen for years, though she never gave him the time of day. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could not bend the last two fingers on her left hand, and the others would never again be dexterous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had never heard Chicken Man talk so severely and what he said didn’t really hit me, not right away. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew Chas from the team, even though I never talked to him at practice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Puerto Rican jíbara who longed for the green quiet of a tropical afternoon was to become a hybrid who would never forgive the uprooting. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I thought about how when you grow up in a refugee camp, you don’t know how terrible the camp is because you have never known anything better. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s really starting to irritate me how she never leaves the house, how she smiles like the maid walking in every morning is the best part of her day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Gabriel said he had an anxiety disorder and the small environment was more comfortable for him, but Ethan never revealed his reasons. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I never really saw the point to it, though, ’cause most times somebody was bound to insist they wasn’t shot even when it was clear as day that they was. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every part of the concert was carefully planned and scripted, but Kaira had never said that before. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He moves carefully, slowly, but he never stops. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why we even bother hiding things from you. We could never keep birthday or Christmas gifts a secret. You always found what you were getting.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Otis never would have solved that one as fast as you did. But then again, Otis always said he was allergic to numbers.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He never forgot the grandiose, terrible sight of that tiny child entering the world, coated with all her bloody membranes, between the shrieks of her mother and the cries of the women bustling around her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide-spirited and generous enough to defend his mother, whom he almost never thought about, and to deck his father, whom he both feared and loved. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never been so close to a woman with a tattoo—or, I should say, a tattoo I could see for myself. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And once you know that, you can never forget it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His voice was a hollow whisper that I hadn’t heard before and hoped I’d never hear again. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time he roomed next to me, I never even once saw him brush his teeth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Our new facilities were no better than the old, and the club was never reconstituted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas had never seen the place look so peaceful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“This was never a real problem, D,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She understood now dearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adde Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the years immediately following the flood, Boston’s citizens, most of whom were determined that such a tragedy never take place again, voted overwhelmingly to increase the budget of the city’s building department substantially. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Want you to know. Just in case. That I have never served . . .’’He paused to breathe, put out the bloody hand, looked into Chamberlain’s eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents never understood Stephen’s death, because it had no reason; or no reason that had anything to do with him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m never aware of it before it happens, but all of a sudden I find myself standing beside my bed, out of sheer habit. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Everyone laughed at him. They said a man who was one inch tall could never rule a village. They got so worked up that they started arguing again.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

From the looks of it, Jay never thought of it like that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I never discuss myself or any of these things with others, which is why I have to talk about them to myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had never gone to another movie as long as he lived. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never experienced anything that was quite so jarring and soothing at the same time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Odenigbo has never known how to be weak. Be patient with him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The greatest thing about this story is that every time my dad tells it, it never changes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Our Sun or suns might set, but the night would never come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought that you would stoop so low. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having never had a normal childhood, I didn’t miss birthdays; to me they were simply like other days: to be survived. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he never went anywhere except in a handsome suit and jaunty bow tie, Shirley was surprised. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He watched Dad for days, just waiting for him to say, “Son, I think it’s time you met your mother,” but it never happened. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I never judge someone for not knowing a band. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Being famous is like eating the best flan in the world. It’s so good, you can never get enough of it. Trust me, you’re going to love being in the spotlight.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Billy never even got to meet the chaplain he was supposed to assist, was never even issued a steel helmet and combat boots. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ending her day in Scenes from Darkest Africa never failed to cast her into a river of calm, the simple theater becoming more than theater, a genuine refuge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It would not be good news to learn that we are all roped together intellectually, droning away at some featureless, genetically driven collective work, building something so immense that we can never see the outlines. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are never any farther than the sweat on your brows or the dust on your toes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

By the grace of a god I never really liked, much less believed in, my mother is actually coming back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He, too, like Laius, thought to make it impossible for the oracle to come true; he resolved never to see Polybus again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew I could feel so much shame. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I had spent thousands of miles worried that I’d be betrayed by a friend, but these friends would never do that. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted good, like cake, with a sweetish and smooth flavor he had never thought bread could have. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have never heard my father’s name spoken aloud by Madoc before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

How many notes were there that I never got to read? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Finally recognizing that words can never hurt, but sticks and stones can sure break bones, they invented the Abdominal Snowman. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Craig was never one to be the bad cop, and my mother stuck to her self-imposed ceasefire on matters of my father’s health. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was said, and repeated, that children nursed by the same woman would instantly become siblings and must never marry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Black men were never in such a condition. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that I never knew what the Courters were going to say next, and that made me feel uncomfortable— like I would never belong. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We were watching The Brady Bunch, which she had never seen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

You never think it will be your own home that’s on fire, but when it is, all the toughness, the calloused nonchalance of watching fires and hearing sirens falls away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even the laces on my sneakers were never used and brilliantly white. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You taught them never to volunteer for anything.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Titans were scary, but Annabeth had never seen one next to a giant before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bruno Latour is a bold—even sometimes a rash—thinker, never afraid to push an argument too far; but in this case I think he does not push his argument far enough. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I could never date a man who spends more time on his hair than I do,” she’d say. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

By then, I had been there more than two years, but I had never talked directly to her. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been the other way around, Crane-man would never have forgotten. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As the newcomers walked the length of the hall, Bran saw that one was indeed a girl, though he would never have known it by her dress. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And he was old and very polite; he never came inside, he said, because he didn’t want his dog, Bones, to “muddy up the floors,” even though Delilah’s paws were just as dirty. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a cold, closed voice I’ve never heard before, he says, “I am sorry. I am too busy. I was wrong. It is too distracting to have someone here so much.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one’s own body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A McDonald’s had opened up just two blocks from our house not long after we moved to Highlands North, but my mom would never pay for us to eat there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It's strange to miss someone I've never met, but I do. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could never test it, because through my own efforts I am lost most of the time without any help from anyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never knew that they meant so much to her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He left on the motorcycle and never came back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If she realized we’d been swimming so close to the deep end of the river all summer, she’d never let us come back here. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he had never simply wanted to go abroad, as many others did; some people were now going to South Africa, which amused him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We’d eat lunch on the lawn, but we never saw the inside. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course I didn’t see this crucial moment then for what it was; I suppose we never do. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’d never in a million years recommend...” “... you see what she had on? Who does she...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One of his most valuable allies would be a man he didn’t know, and would never meet—a twenty-nine-year-old Norwegian named Knut Haukelid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I used to spend all day at the mall, wandering from store to store trying on crop tops and miniskirts that we were never allowed to have. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Anderson never fell, never slipped back, never flew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His lasting legacy was one he would never have wished for. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“You never meant to go back, did you?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A chapter on what to do if your older sister gets pregnant, gets sent away to have the baby, and never comes back? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I leaned against August’s chest, pushing aside my secret wanting, too afraid she’d say, No, I never saw this woman in my life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my part I believe the black lawyer who tells me that there is never a day in his life when he forgets he is black. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle pretended to laugh, but deep down, he knew the truth: No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to win every single game he played for the rest of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

No matter what, Sapo had never done anything to hurt me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had never seen my mother’s brothers and sisters before and their presence made live again in me my old shyness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leper’s annoyed, this-is-obvious tone would discount what he said in their minds; they would know that he had never been like this before, that he had changed and was not responsible. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan and Pop never told me who destroyed my family. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The most beautiful white….But it’s gone now. It was never mine anyway...though it didn’t belong to the king either...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Luckily everyone seemed to have such a friend, and we were never short of material. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A career software engineer, mornings were never her forte. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Humanity could never force zero to fit its philosophies. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He flew right out at me, landed on my shoulder, gave me a lecture that I shall never forget, and vanished under the scant cover of trillium and bloodroot leaves. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two claims are very different, but Aristotle never distinguishes between them, nor tests his claim that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, for he takes it to be self-evidently true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I knew then that I would never tell Mrs. Van Hopper about these morning expeditions, for her smile would hurt me as his laugh had done. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t believe me, but I’m telling the truth. Something must have happened to him. He would never just go off without telling me.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

All through his interrogation, although he had never seen him, he had had the feeling that O’Brien was at his elbow, just out of sight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I took care of it, Ali, but I ain't kill nobody! Why you even think something like that? You ain't never known me to be wild like that, have you?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“The emperor was always trying to steal immortality. He never understood immortality is a gift that has to be given. A gift you will give him, even though he does not deserve it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The Wall, if they admit their guilt. If they deny it, they can face Ser Robert. Such men should never have been raised so high.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Men were never so vulnerable as when they first staggered ashore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had more fits, but she never did see the future again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep it inside any longer, but you have to promise not to tell and to never, ever bring it up again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s where the defense will be weakest. They’ll never take three kids seriously. I think we can sneak up pretty close before they see us.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her tone tells me that this never happens. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And even then, how would a bunch of kids who had never played together compete with teams from Atlanta’s best soccer academies—teams that had been playing together for years? Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If Newton had never lived, scientific progress might have been held back by a few decades. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maycomb grins and goes about its business: old Scout Finch never changes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to put his arms around her to warm her up, but he’d never do that. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

No tests, no hallways, just driving to somewhere I’ve never been before...as long as I was back in time for her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Naomi never showed up, so I walked back over the bridge and headed down River Road to her house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every Muslim said that never could you do as much for Mr. Muhammad as he would do for you in return. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garbage bags lined the curb waiting for collection and the concrete was uneven in places, but she moved right down the center of the sidewalk, never taking her eyes off me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You never even had a dog, did you?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got so I almost believed them—Mrs. Dodds had never existed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If I had a prayer left in me, it was that this red-faced man shaking with rage would never lay a hand on me again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

You always see twins dolled up together as kids, but you never see two grown women running around in identical outfits, holding hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never seen me around my cousins. I feel like a freak.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“And tell me, Perseus Jackson”—I flinched when he said my real name, which I never told anybody—“what will people think of your ‘science’ two thousand years from now?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Odd, he thought, I’ve never seen any of these boys, yet I must have passed them in the halls dozens of times. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, fruit is good for my liver. That’s why I never eat any.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They never let Miss Norris out at all. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She never believed it when someone said there was good news. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

This is a dress I could never have imagined, one so perfect that for a moment, looking at it, I can think of nothing but its beauty. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Somewhere we took a wrong turn. Life got to be more than we could handle. Your father carried too much baggage from his past—baggage he never dealt with.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My parents definitely questioned why Izzy felt the urge to show so much boobage when their daughters never opted for low-cut tops. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I never wanted Daddy to whip you. But hell, don’t you know you got off easy! He didn’t hurt you nearly as much as he’s hurt others.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had never heard him say that before. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said he had worked with Mr. Piliso for thirty years and in all that time, Piliso had never lied to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I promised myself that I would never hit an animal again. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never even casually mentioned basketball, not in a single one of our conversations. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The night before Hogwarts, it’s never a good night if you don’t want to go. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I get second glances I’ve never gotten before, and stares and whispers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The problem for me was that the cell service on my BlackBerry had somehow disconnected, never sending out my messages or downloading updates from others. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s one thing you’ll have to learn if you never learn anything else. Sign it now, and get on out of here.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there is this winter, the winter that never ends. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It is not Mr. Bingley,” said her husband; “it is a person whom I never saw in the whole course of my life.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He backs out of the driveway and points the car to the left, away from town and toward a direction I’ve never been. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

What makes it so awkward is that I’ve never experienced anything like this before. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We called him The Boy Who Ate Beans, but as far as I know he never ate beans again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew when it would happen, so I became nervous all the time, waiting. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would never get a boy to look at me if they did that. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You can never tell when new things may be starting up from improbable lines of work. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says: Eat as much of this sweet high-energy food as you can because you never know when you’re going to find some again. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One look tells you that if you fall in, you’re never coming out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

May would be the first out, standing in the living room and talking to the distressed bat: “Poor little feller. Must be scared to death. You never meant to come into this old trailer....” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm also giggling, which I think I've done maybe never in my lifetime. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Probably I will never try to explain my motives to my mother and father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have nothing to pinch. I’m never going to have nothing.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said what’s the use telling a lot of stuff that never happened. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Wang Lung found himself in such a coil as he had never dreamed of. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And the answer to that question—“because it literally has never occurred to me”—was so outrageously dumb that Colin just picked up the phone without another word and dialed 773.555.1212. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The third lock on his door had been bolted—something he had never done himself. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's tech stolen from the Colonies, Dad once said, although of course the Republic would never tell you that. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

According to Joey Costello, Arthur has never even gotten into a game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have never known Alastor Moody. The real Moody would not have removed you from my sight after what happened tonight. The moment he took you, I knew — and I followed.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“One thing’s for sure, I’ll never be able to sit through dull old Major League Baseball again.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I can never thank you all enough. Oh, my poor darling!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I never would have found this house without him, and if I hadn’t found the house, I wouldn’t have met Billy.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With a single sweep of his sword he cut through her neck and, his eyes still fixed on the shield with never a glance at her, he swooped low enough to seize the head. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The excitement of being at the epicenter of that kind of intense experience captured Riddick and never released him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Justin called me Belle, she never stopped to ask why; she let us be. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The rule inside the air lock was that the two doors, the far door and the near door, could never be open at the same time. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listing his occupation as “traveler,” he never again owned a permanent home or stayed in one place for long. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard that one of the boys cried and said he never stopped to think about how he was hurting real people. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I just never stopped believing I’d get home again,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This may seem trivial, but there’s one incident I’ve never forgiven her for. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lion realized—too late—that there were some tricky people who could never be trusted, and that Hare was one of them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I hit that red bar at full speed and never looked back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon took his namesake's, the sword made for the uncle he had never known. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I never wanted to go over there, because of him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that was not until much later, and Clara never knew about it, so she could not write it in her notebooks that bore witness to life, for me to read one day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice took on a tone I had never heard before. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Poor boy, he’s never known how it feels to make someone else happy, and I’m afraid I can’t teach him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I never told Shorty—and he never suspected—that he was about ten years older than I. He took us to be about the same age. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the music will give her clues into someone who she’ll never see again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dad would never in a million years let me use his riding lawn mower—POP. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was never one to rat on people. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never knew Coke was good for anything but drinking,” Nan said, and Wynn handed out all the extra sodas, not leaving one for himself. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you never knew about slaves on Barbados?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to him that they might not be there, in the car. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the lobby, I found an empty bunk and collapsed, sure that I would never be able to sleep. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But after scolding her that first day, Mother never brought it up again. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t hide it from her, and I’m glad that I never typed in the detective’s name. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I admitted to my friends that I’d never been to school. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had no reason to return to us, and my parents predicted, correctly, that we would never see him again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rose said her mother didn’t grow up in St. Nick and never really visited Rose’s grandma Betty much. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But he knew if he climbed down the ladder and waded back into the sea, he would never find his way out again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A daring she had never known filled Daenerys then, and she gave the filly her head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

People had voted for James Garfield, never expecting Arthur to inherit the office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you journeyed into the past and prevented your parents from meeting, then you would never have been born—which is something of a contradiction, since you clearly exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet I could hide Shiloh in there for ten years and he’d never make a sound. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you telling me all this now when you have never mentioned it before?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Will had seen children in this mood before, but never so many of them, and the ones in his town didn’t carry guns. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sizwe and his crew would never admit to being cheese boys. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the crew raised their glasses of stout and rum to Christmas carols and toasted “To our sweethearts and wives,” the answer came back, “May they never meet!” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

So I’m a little flustered as I go into my spiel about cutting back my homework, and during it Ms. Rucker’s expression never cracks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I never said there was water in that box. You just assumed.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My dad worked as a laborer, and we didn’t have much, but I was never hungry in my life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Similarly, simple African villagers who have never left their remote homes may not be particularly surprised by their first sight of an airplane: it is outside their comprehension. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and told him I would look for him the next day, but I never did see him again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There will never be a mediocre black athlete to play at Permian,” said Hearne. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always felt the danger in his brother, but now he understood that he must never win unless he was prepared to kill Charles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He financed him for two weeks and at the end of that time Gay was in jail on his wife’s charge and he never did go for turtles. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never could see him, she reminded him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It intersects me so that the doctor will never see my face. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just never really thought someone with uneven legs would be as into sports as Amanda is. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I knew that if it were conscious, I would never get this close. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tony was supposed to walk arm in arm with his cousin and give her away—her father had never been involved in her life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But if he returns no more this winter, my choice will never be required. A thousand things may arise in six months!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Jus: These dudes disrespect you—disrespect us—all the time, and you never say anything about it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If you can replace the word with “you are”, then the word is you’re: You’re never going to forget the difference between “its” and “it’s”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

It had given us shelter, free food, and an education, but we were never really comfortable there. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never forget them, not even after years. But one day, you’ll go a whole minute without feeling the pain. Then an hour. A day. That’s all you can ask for, really.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had never been away from Soraya for so long, and when she locked her arms around my neck, when I smelled apples in her hair, I realized how much I had missed her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about hitting Hymir with his hammer, but then he would never get the cauldron, not without a fight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe one of the bumps along the way had broken its little eye- reader and it would never send its message back to Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’d always managed to get through reading the text of the report, but I could never bring myself to study the photos. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Zara met me outside homeroom every morning, and we chatted pretty much the way we used to, but never about anything important, and not for very long. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I'd never seen my grandmother giggle so hard in my life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling never saw the Maltese Falcon cipher, but it would be easy enough for him to open The Gold-Bug, find the typos she’d marked, and put the pieces together himself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not that you never saw a white in the East End or a black in the West End. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t the beginning—this wasn’t where my anger started—but it was a cauterizing moment I would never forget. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Be my second eye,” says the parrot, “and I will offer you something the captain never will. A way off this ship.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Him!—never, never. Dear Miss Woodhouse, how could you so mistake me?” turning away distressed. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I notice you’ve never had any hesitation as to spending the bounty money I bring home on whatever momentarily attracts your attention.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he started telling us how he was never ashamed, when he was in some kind of trouble or something, to get right down his knees and pray to God. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a ruff in flight before; nor was the moment long enough for him to make a careful identification. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung would never talk of selling a foot of any piece, and he would only rent it for an agreed price for a year at a time. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

You would never guess . . .’—then what comes next?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s never come to a viewing before, so of course he’s never seen...He insisted on coming...Said Florentine told him to...This whole ordeal has been so hard for him...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How touching! My, my! I notice that it’s always me you come to when in trouble. But I’ve never heard of anyone’s heart breaking on my account. Oh, no. Who cares anything about old Templeton?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A Greek poet would never have thought of an elegant dress and coiffure for the wood nymph. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left her dogs to run wild and tended every need, cared for the humans she loved and, although she never would admit it, loved even more than she loved her dogs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Luke might never see the other kid again. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

An apprentice should never be chosen in haste, but I was foolish. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He never told me that they could be funny, or that they could critique their own faction from the inside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve read enough books and watched enough movies to know that never, ever happens. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But it never was, because there’s probably a good twenty, twenty-five yards here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would never make it in tight little waves like that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They pedaled down roads they had seen only from a car before, and then down roads they had never seen at all. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Nat. I hope you never double the Cape again! I—I—couldn’t sleep, thinking about it!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much for the girl who never cried. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Us that knowed her,” he said, “never doubted she saved some Chinamen first.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at more albums, like the Beatles’ White Album, which I never knew was actually white, and each time I looked up, Aaron and Nia were in a deeper state of entanglement. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Let those sociologists stuff this in their collective pipe. Puts the kibosh on the deprivation-breeds-antisocial-behavior chestnut. This Fowl character has never gone hungry in his life.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I threw you at her. But it was the only way to distract her enough to get us all out. She would never have kept her word, would she?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, plea bargaining would never work. tight ship. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen them up close, they didn’t live at that house when I lived down the road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d seen the Museum of Natural Wonders many times on her strolls but never knew what the squat limestone building was for. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down with Isaiah and Luca even though I’d never met them before, and we talked about baseball the whole time, and I played basketball with them at recess. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sansa had never eaten snails before; Joffrey showed her how to get the snail out of the shell, and fed her the first sweet morsel himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With my sister away at college, our family of five would never live under the same roof together again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Big beautiful creature so alive, it seemed like it could never die. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The law was all around me, but it had never come down on me, Trevor, specifically. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They had never seen even two houses standing together. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black man will never be in the white house, dude, it’s called the white house for a reason. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I sought every opportunity to be at her side, and continually plied her with questions. I had never heard a woman talk what...I had scarcely dared to think.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I never would have guessed that Lin-lin—so quiet in class that I hardly knew she was there—would be so sharp. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I came home bloody, I never told my mother who attacked me, and my father never knew of it at all. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I never would have noticed if Sarah hadn’t practiced eyebrow waxing on me last summer. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time to get moving. My alarm never went off. You already missed the bus. I’m driving you and your brother to school.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He never noticed us, or if he did, he ignored us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His hugs were her favorite, solid and strong and never halfway. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, I never really bought into Kim’s notion that they were somehow bound together through me—until just now when I saw her half carrying him down the hospital corridor. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's never good to borrow from the Khan family.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then Priam brought Hector home, mourned in Troy as never another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What a pleasure to formally meet you. I was beginning to worry that I'd never get the chance." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“A couple of the other parents were saying they saw you going somewhere with that guard, the tall one who never smiles.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The fish never changed his course nor his direction all that night as far as the man could tell from watching the stars. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent half my time wandering the halls, asking people directions to rooms they’d never heard of. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And all those people he had killed, he had never even known them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I never told Frances about any of that business I was going through. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could never forgive Charles for knowing I wasn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I never think of the characters without hearing her voices. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But out of it shall come such a country as was never seen on this earth before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he would never, ever be forgotten, and never, ever be overlooked? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If Cap Anderson had never been born, the name announced to the whole school would have been mine. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t witnessed it himself, Luke never would have guessed that Jen’s dad had been crying only moments before. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cramp stood up behind his desk in total slo-mo, with his eyes locked on my feet like he’d never seen a pair of bloody socks before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Shift hasn’t happened yet, maybe it never will, but sometimes—just enough times to give me hope—my brain jars back into where it’s supposed to be. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had never seen such enterprise before, such great machines, such methodical organization, and such backbreaking work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never answers, which used to really bug me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to never stick my finger in her face. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“We just clean the house and go, like the air-conditioning man. I never bother personal things. I never answer the telephone. I don’t like being there when they get there.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I am sure it never occurred to them that I might want a job, too—all my tales of Californian richesse had hit the mark harder than I’d thought. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I bet she ain’t never seen bare black legs up close before. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you see Mrs. Pontellier starting back with the children? She will be in late to luncheon again. She never starts to get ready for luncheon till the last minute.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hopped on my bike barefoot and pedaled down the streets, determined never to return. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed and humiliated and never wanting to go back. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had never touched my face so much. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I will never have people feel about me the way they feel about Marc’s grandfather. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In all the time he was sick, Morrie never held out hope he would be cured. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I has never dared to go hide and sneaking around London in my life.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The good thing was that my sisters never used the expression “born too late” ever again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"I told him to get out of our country and never come back. I suggested he do rude things with tulip bulbs." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were all colored men; I never saw a white man working Grampa’s fields. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then you sing into that hairbrush, “‘’Cause everything is never as it seems...’” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I have never seen such hideous bruises in my entire life, not before or since. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But then Jasmine’s eyes fill with tears, and Jasmine never cries. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

This was enough for Reverend Jones and we never saw him again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy had never looked out of a window that had curtains on it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my mother would never be here. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had never seen a mountain, except in a geography text. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is always a wrong and a right way to get on a boat,” said Johnny, who had never been on any boat except an excursion boat once. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth had sent liquor and supplies to Mudd’s farm for hiding until the day came for Booth and his kidnap victim to flee the city, but it never did. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the uneaten half of my small pizza not caring, but I nodded because we never waste food. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You know, you’d never talk to one of your friends the way you talk to me. Can you imagine if you went up to Simon and said stuff like this about Bram?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Surely she had never traveled a greater emotional distance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve never felt anything like the white-hot rage now churning inside my stomach over the fact that this Jacob guy succeeded in his stupid, life-breaking mission. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The Corporal, never taking his eyes from the Hessians, and keeping his back to his own men, said nothing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But at the time I never give any thought to whether it is right or wrong. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

All night they walked and never changed their pace. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad news is that the good news can never be counted on. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you see? It’s never been this clear, never since —” “Put it away!” snarled Snape, his black eyes sweeping the classroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Two more hallways follow; l am so disoriented I could never find my way hack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of them crying and shushing the cries of Dante’s newborn baby boy at the same time is one I’ll never forget. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pong swallowed down his fear of being spotted and soon learned to walk forward with purpose—not too fast, not too slow—and to never, ever look over his shoulder. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In truth, Pearl had never had the courage to ask Mia directly about her origins, and Mia had deflected her roundabout questions with ease. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I never asked for this," he said stubbornly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She’d never make it back to her chambers alive, but if she was fast enough, perhaps she could make it to the tomb. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mom never lets us have a nice day. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I am so, so sorry, and I will never be able to make it up to you.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When one found comfort, he was grateful, but he was never such a fool as to expect a great deal of it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, she never took more time than her entitlement, and thus I felt it improper to inquire further concerning these outings of hers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them never land on their feet. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She spoke in an impassive tone, and everything she said was delivered evenly, never rising or falling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was so deeply in love with them, and he knew he would never see either again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He would never let him slink back to the showers, but kept sending him back up to the plate. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can only have faith that will never again be forgotten, denied, called by a name other than his own. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Prosper and Scipio never found out whether Renzo and his sister disappeared the same night the merry-go-round was ruined. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She might have her faults, but Celaena never did anything half-heartedly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I guess I do, too, but I almost never use it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I have never felt so grateful in my life. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

People like Emily and Mrs. Grant will never understand what it’s like to not have money. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Boston—whose true identity Ellsberg has never revealed—was long gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But he, although he loved her again, loved her not so wholly as before, and never again so wholly as he had loved her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I have never had a boyfriend except for him. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They never repeated themselves—not so far as he could determine. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I can eat anything I want. I still got all my teeth and my stomach never caused me no trouble.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every time I go I keep hoping I’ll never come back.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If I live A hundred years, I’ll never quite get these few minutes out of my mind,” said Robert Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never reacts under great suffering, never gets angry, is never threatening. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Then he left a journal entry or an e-mail he never sent or a video he recorded on his phone that no one thought to check. There has to be something.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Our branches never looked as bright as the demonstrators’, though, and sometimes as we drove past, I wondered what it would be like to join them, chanting “Freedom,” standing in the way of cars. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Colin would hear this a lot, and yet—somehow—he could never hear it enough. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m not going to stay small forever, like poor Monsito, who never gets enough to eat. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He could never do what his father had done, go out on his own after high school, start his own business, will himself into becoming an enormous success. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to grow irritated at a handful who continued to ignore me; at an upstate prison, I knew, this would never be tolerated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My passport was now filled with stamps from dozens of different countries, and I had never been asked to remove my hijab at an airport for security. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Chairman Mao told us we would never succeed at building a strong socialist country until we destroyed the “Four Olds” and established the “Four News.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never met any blacks who measured up to his idea of decency; of course he’d never give a man like Henry half a chance. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad is a podiatrist, not a paint contractor like Papi, and she never lets us forget it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

So he never stood straight; he slouched or leaned or stood with a hip thrown out, and he never told anybody about it— ever. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve hid anything having to do with me from Father, never shared my ideals with him, deliberately alienated myself from him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Though we drank a fair amount of burgundy, the conversation never got animated and I felt that Pauling would rather talk to me, clearly an unfinished member of the younger generation, than to Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Because writers never have to beat anyone up or lift anything heavy. At least I don’t think they do,” he joked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Imagine, a boy who had never had even a single classmate now wanting to know about more than a thousand of them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But never did, because try as he might, he just wasn't ambidextrous. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

That almost-empty Baggy of grass behind the bureau never crossed our minds. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And to another, “Kino would never leave the sea. Perhaps he found another boat.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth would continue to function as normal, just as the sky did, but Gaia was now so dispersed and powerless that she could never again form a consciousness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Is that what you really think? Du Barry doesn't like me. Never has. She's never understood what I have to offer," I say, searching Amber's face for traces of my friend. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to understand these two sets of people who lived side by side and never touched, it seemed, except in violence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you I’m sorry. I promise I’ll never go near that house again as long as I live.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Many spectators, anticipating a swift decision, had never left their seats. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back and forth the flare gun flew, the girls never breaking stride. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Please God, I shall never, never forget them, nor the grave and sweet responsibilities I have taken upon me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was an archetypal force, as Chiron would say—something that could never really die. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was never any need to speak of it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen such a grave expression on her face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never dare send out a mere handful. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so good at denying myself this, the simple pleasure of even a secret crush, that the thoughts were never allowed to marinate in my mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No. I believe it. I know that you will fail. There is something in the universe—I don’t know, some spirit, some principle—that you will never overcome.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He has seen these graceless birds on windowsills and sidewalks, but never in trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d say this, but I miss cutting up dead frogs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen anything like the way his hand races back and forth across the pad, the way his eyes seem to suck in every morsel of the models posing before him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“And you will never run away like that again, will you?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he unfolds it, I can tell the address that’s written there has been traced over several times to never fade. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The priest is rarely seen and is never of importance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa told us never to enter the barn.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even so, I never drop off the game while he’s at home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom would have given me proper sit-down hidings if I’d given her the opportunity, but she could never catch me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could never put my finger on her realness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know she has never been comfortable with us.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never developed, however, into a comprehensive system—operating instead largely as a matter of custom, enforced with varying degrees of consistency. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ill omen or good, it occurred to me that I might never see the sun again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I never confused my teachers or the priests with actual family members; in fact they were most awesome for being without families. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would donate money, and he would never be able to make it work. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never owned such a pretty dress. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Before he’d met the Governor, before anyone had told him that the world is full of darkness, and that will never change. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Their only hope was that it would never stop raining, and they had no hope because they all knew it would. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And if there is one thing everyone knows about my parents, it’s that once they put their hearts and minds to something, they never quit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sarai had sworn to herself that she would never again serve Minya’s twisted will, and now...now she was powerless against it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

This house fills up and empties out without warning, so I never know when I might have quiet time. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

If only I’d never agreed to talk to him at lunch. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’d use it against them if she could, but they would never lay their hands on it again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Flossie was a quiet lush, though, usually going to sleep right after dinner, and she had never done her husband dirty. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen him so livid, yelling and out of his head with rage. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never looked good in red, it’s not my color. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He urged me to ‘get out,’ ” Kamen recalled, “whereupon I hotly asserted that I had never been ‘in.’ Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Luna was demonstrating her usual knack of speaking uncomfortable truths; he had never met anyone quite like her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Either you marry me now or we never see each other again.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never went on fancy vacations, and most of our furniture was stuff my uncle had bought from thrift shops. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, ‘never mind about him’?” says August. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My dirty servant’s garb would rule out identification at a distance, and he’d never be close enough to see my face. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If I were Ho Chi Minh, I would never negotiate,” he said privately. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were called liars and unbelievers, and while they were never physically harmed, even children laughed at them — at their strange crimson costumes and heavy, dusty books locked in huge, iron-bound trunks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we’ve never trained against something that isn’t supposed to exist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At any rate in our family my sons and daughter had always been as one in their thinking: such schism as there was opened between them and us, never between themselves. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Even in a place like this, one never knows who may be watching." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hesitated because I knew that once I said something, I could never take it back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I got news for the both of you! You will never guess who called this afternoon!” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Except for PE and swim, and assembly and concerts and stuff like that, our paths never crossed in lower school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Opium costs too much. He’s never had enough money for a binge as long as this.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if that was a normal amount, and Emma had just never noticed before? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I never imagined the consequences would be so grave.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was never going to let me live it down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

During the years in camp I had never really understood why we were there, nor had I questioned it much. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I never learned shorthand I would never have to use it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Either he arose from this theater, never to return, putting behind him the world and its pleasures, its honors, and its glories, or he remained here with the wicked and partook of their certain punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Well, that was something I had never heard before. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I would never forget to lock the door. Never.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I felt the pull, but I was afraid I’d die up there and never find myself or my family again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter had never told her, so Ama was free to imagine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I know you never liked using them, but there are lessons on how to use your abilities, too.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Annabeth hoped she never had to see such a gruesome scene again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even though I never knew him, I wish he were here to see it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So the Piggy Bank Special was just the Oldsmobile, and we never said the name with any fondness or even pity. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“For pity sake, Will,” said Mama,” I never thought to raise a boy so hardhearted. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She never heard his garage door open or the car go out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I jumped to my feet, whirled around, and spoke out loud as if there were no Miss Crofts, as if I’d never been in a classroom before, as if I knew nothing about classroom behavior. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Sarah probably told him. He never said nothing to me though.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought getting into college would be easy, but I was learning to focus and have faith in my own story. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve met other prodigies before but certainly never one that the Republic decided to keep hidden. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was strange because Grampa never used to fish the Yazoo, but when I asked him about it, he just shrugged it off. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And I suppose it does make him look tougher, because Rowdy never tries to hide his wounds. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t yearning to play pool; in fact, I had never held a cue stick. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It sucks. My mom spends all her time on this website LostConnections writing him notes he’s never even going to see. Totally pathetic.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Charles’s drinking had never seemed so bad as all that. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He never asked who I was and I did not tell him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never stole your stupid bracelet,” he said. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You know how slow I am. It might be some time. I might never get around to it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would open the windows to let in streams of air and light, but the flowers never lasted until nightfall because Esteban Trueba’s thundering voice and slashing cane were even powerful enough to frighten nature. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so scared because I’d never been away from her a day in my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve never felt this way about anyone before, mostly because all my relationships before were centered on living fast and dying young and always leaving for a new hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My parents had never even taken me to Disney World. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s got a look on his face I’ve never seen before. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jesper could never tell how much of what Kaz got away with was smarts and planning and how much was dumb luck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“In all my years as a guardian, I have never seen such shoddy social work! ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His fears lest his burst dream of road building discourage her were never realized. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because of his home-training program—spelling games, geography quizzes, and the arithmetic and languages—we sometimes were prepared to skip; but never so prepared as Dad thought we should be. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said Glenn Burke never got the high five he deserved.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She never rewarded them and she punished an offender only twice before she removed her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t my fault! I never told the jaguar to attack you!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t have to, and you never need to.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Against a thing like the Chimera, I had never stood a chance. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the perks of being on the national team that I never knew about. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Year after year customers have begged Abuela to open the restaurant, but she never has. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

All these wishes that never had a chance. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

My straight hair would never curl in that way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You got it, Baba," I said, knowing full well I never planned to try drugs with my dad. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The thing I like best is how you never do what I imagine you will. For instance, I didn’t think you’d duel over me.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when there’s obviously no possessive meaning, forget the apostrophe: You’ll never get into the honors program by hanging out in singles bars. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is ridiculous. I want to go to college. I want to see the world. I never get out of this stupid neighborhood.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I never knew this about my father, maybe because he never seemed like he was too nervous about anything. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After they assured him that such a thing would never have occurred to them, he hastened back down the steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A middle-aged woman handed out tests and strange pink sheets I’d never seen before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bernice and I were never going to be friends, and that was just fine with me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’d never get a man otherwise. I bet your husband spits on you—afterwards. I bet that’s just what he does.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I set my foot on the Gospel ship, and the ship it began to sail. It landed me over on Canaan’s shore, and I’ll never come back anymore.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The friend was happy to receive this invitation, as he was never asked by anybody else to go anywhere. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

One of his gigantic sneakers was untied, which would never happen to Neil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like how the work of addressing the wounds they had caused never seemed to end. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His voice is scary, kinda like Antwan’s, and when I look over at Antwan and his friends, I know I never want us to be like them. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She had never liked him, but she had tried to please him—tried to win his approval by being the best. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But something told him if he left now he would never come back. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Veins I’d never noticed before streamed along his arms and legs. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They’d never gone anywhere; she barely remembered a life outside the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The boy was no longer at the oasis, and the oasis would never again have the same meaning it had had only yesterday. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed never before to have weighed much against the abundance of her husband’s kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be tacit and self-understood. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, Dari never seemed ashamed of it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he did, it was never more than one sentence at a time in that quiet way he had. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never had a night like this in my life,” Sierra said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Raymie wished that she had never seen it, because now she would never forget it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He never touches the boy, regardless of the circumstances. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And her heart beat solemnly and her breathing slowed as she grew smaller and smaller and then disappeared—and she had never been. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

To tell the truth, Miss Patty Cake was never as white as the day Fern got her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took to jumping the field fence and eating the corn that I’d never yet gotten around to gathering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I probably should have given him a polite reply, but I was thinking about Luke and the other Children’s Home kids who might never be adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She would get him another key—but she never did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never has a strand out of place. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But never, ever have I heard the word strong applied to me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Milkman knew the answer to the question he had never been able to ask Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least I don’t know. There was a fire—my mother went to the hospital. I never saw her again.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

While the sun’s hot and bright, the air’s warm and heavy with moisture, and I get the feeling I will never really be dry here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So many promises we never got to live into. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I will never forget, Yishan had said, and that is truly the only immortality that matters. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"I doubt you could even lift a longsword, little sister, never mind swing one." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I still did not know her as I wanted to, but I never could. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve also never had a timing chip strapped to my shoe, but I like it, too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, cautiously, never taking his eyes off her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Once I visit old country. I pay man to do for house. But he was bad. He steal rent. Now can never go back again.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She also feared that the full breadth of his achievements might never be publicly acknowledged, due to government secrecy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She tried to write a story in which she was not the main character, in which some person she had never heard of before did things and felt things. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The house was sold, and she was here in New England, and perhaps Nat had never really meant his offer at all. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And even so he would never have just forsaken it, or cast it aside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The angels believed and the people agreed that there was a good amount of proper and deserved shame in history and some things were just never going to be things to be proud of. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Bless her heart, Shannon was such a good girl, she had never even had a drop of alcohol, and here she was, defying the police for me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, it turned out that the original cells had probably never survived long at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She never quite warmed, kept shifting as cold drafts seized a foot or iced her knees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’d noticed curves before, of course, but I had never quite apprehended their significance. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He reminded himself, “I will never be allowed outside again. Maybe never again as long as I live.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

My relationship with Uncle Joe has never been the same since. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You never see them in a hospital or resting in bed with a black eye or in a cast or anything.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He never counted what it cost him; he never looked back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I had never seen a live monkey before, and here were two in, of all things, a science-fair display. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But now the joke’s over...and it turns out it was never a joke at all. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The adoption of the new system of control is never inevitable, but to date it has never been avoided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad looked at me with some confusion, almost as if he had never really looked at me before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I never understood how the Senor managed to convey a sense of dignity, majesty even, considering his stick-rickety, see-through skeleton and the ridiculous, leathery crumple of hide about his foot, his fallen britches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It never made sense to me why tryna DO something with myself made me some kind of race-traitor to these guys, but some of the stuff Trey said tonight really got to me. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I won’t never, never tell,” she said, then whirled and tore out for the house, running as fast as she could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if that means it never happens, that’s just fine with them too. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I forgot that we were never properly introduced.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had never been to Harare before, so I was extremely excited. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Businessmen wear heeled boots that never feel a stirrup, and men of great wealth who have houses in Paris and regularly shoot grouse in Scotland refer to themselves as little old country boys. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s so quintessentially practical that most people would never guess she has a thing for angels. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I thought I could do for whoever was listening that would be of the least use or even interest I’ll never know. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old Nova’s air conditioner had never worked, so our only source of comfort came from the open windows. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Have you never at any time had reason to think that he admired her, or that she admired him?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Little Arliss had hushed his screaming, but he was trembling all over and clinging to Mama like he’d never let her go. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man born to bureaucracy, Hodges would never stand in the schoolhouse doorway, shaking his fist and proclaiming, “Segregation forever!” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was rumored, but never confirmed, that he con-trolled the vast Westing Paper Products Corporation from a private island in the South Seas. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“MidPass and the Ridge have never gotten along. Something to do with the stories of Alke, and which belonged to whom.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’d never stepped foot in any place that public, even if it was deserted. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Moss had never said that he loved Javier once, not to anyone, and yet as Eugenia said it, he knew it was true. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s no wonder my mother and I never had an interesting conversation when all we eat is canned soup, chop suey, and instant coffee. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z